confab

英式音标：[ˈkɒnfæb]

美式音标：[ˈkɑnfæb]

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概况：

n. 交谈；会议

vi. 谈话；闲谈

词义：

n.

会议；

v.

会谈；

变形

过去式：confabbed过去分词：confabbed现在分词：confabbing第三人称单数：confabs

英英释义

confab[ 'kɔnfæb ]

n.an informal conversation

同义词：chatconfabulationschmoozeschmoose

v.

talk socially without exchanging too much information

同义词：chew the fatshoot the breezechatconfabulatechitchatchatterchaffernattergossipjawclavervisit

have a conference in order to talk something over

同义词：conferconfabulateconsult

用法：

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

Let's confab a bit about that idea.
咱们来讨论一下那条意见。

权威例句

CONFab

The Confabulating Mind

Confab – generation of diverse low energy conformers

Confab forecast: Labor shortage, turnover to worsen soon

The Confabulating Mind: How the Brain Creates Reality

Did Freud mislead patients to confabulate memories of abuse?

Confabulating Reasons for Behaving Bad: The Psychological Consequences of Unconsciously Activated Behavior

Did Freud mislead patients to confabulate memories of abuse? A reply to Gleaves and Hernandez (1999).

Confabulating reasons for behaving bad: The psychological consequences of unconsciously activated behaviour that violates one's stan...

When true memory availability promotes false memory: Evidence from confabulating patients.

同义词：visit,session,meeting,conversation,congress

同根词：confabulation,confabulate,confab

英语词源：

confab (n.)

1701, colloquial shortening of confabulation.

造句：

1. Let's confab a bit about that idea.

咱们来讨论一下那条意见。

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2. We would see them confab in that room.

我们常看到他们在那房间里闲谈。

youdao

3. It's a secret confab they don't want me to hear, I suppose.

我看一定是不想让我听见的保密话。

youdao

4. The organization publishes the survey on the eve of its annual confab in Davos, which kicks off this week.

该组织将在本周开始的达沃斯年度会议前一晚公布调查结果。

youdao

5. The domain confab in Vegas is like any other trade conference: the real intrigue happens at cocktail hour.

在拉斯维加斯，域名交流会就像其他的商贸会议一样：真正的阴谋在喝鸡尾酒时发生。

youdao

6. The confab was the third Dutch-treat lunch hosted by Obama at the White House over the past several months.

这是过去几个月奥巴马在白宫举行的第三次AA制午餐会议了。

youdao

7. The five-day confab, which has signed up about 2,500 participants, will be a more sober affair than usual, organizers say.

活动组织者表示，今年为期5天的论坛已经有大约2，500人签到出席，今年的气氛会比以往较为严肃。

youdao

8. The five-day confab, which has signed up about 2,500 participants, will be a more sober affair than usual, organizers say.

活动组织者表示，今年为期5天的论坛已经有大约2，500人签到出席，今年的气氛会比以往较为严肃。

youdao