have a palaver 进行冗长的交谈
end the palaver 结束无果的讨论
long palavers 漫长的商议
political palavers 政治上的空谈
business palavers 商务谈判
1. The managers spent hours in endless palavers about the budget.
经理们花了数小时在关于预算的无休止的争吵中。
2. We stopped the palavers and got straight to work.
我们停止了那些无意义的闲扯，直接开始工作。
3. Their palavers about the contract lasted for weeks.
他们关于合同的漫长谈判持续了数周。
4. It was just a series of useless palavers.
那只是一连串无用的空谈。
5. The negotiations turned into lengthy palavers.
谈判变成了一场冗长的拉锯战。
A: Why are we still stuck in these palavers? We need a decision by Friday.
A：为什么我们还陷在这些无休止的讨论中？我们需要在周五前做出决定。
B: I know, but the legal team insists on checking every detail.
B：我知道，但法律团队坚持要检查每一个细节。
1) 冗长的谈话
2) 无结果的商议
3) 废话
4) 拉锯战
1. 冗长而无结果的谈话；无意义的商议
e.g.The meeting was a waste of time, full of palavers.
会议浪费了时间，充满了无意义的商议。
noun
1. A long, tedious, or futile conversation or discussion, often implying that no progress is being made.
Synonym: chatter, babble, nonsense, discussion