yammer
英 ['j?m?]
美
- vi. 哭泣；嘆息；抱怨
- n. 哭訴；廢話(huà)；抱怨
- vt. 抱怨；大聲抱怨說(shuō)
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?yammers;過(guò)去式:?yammered;過(guò)去分詞:?yammered;現(xiàn)在分詞:?yammering;
英文詞源
- yammer (v.)
- late 15c., "to lament," probably from Middle Dutch jammeren and cognate Middle English yeoumeren, "to mourn, complain," from Old English geomrian "to lament," from geomor "sorrowful," probably of imitative origin. Cognate with Old Saxon jamar "sad, sorrowful," German Jammer "lamentation, misery." Meaning "to make loud, annoying noise" is attested from 1510s. Related: Yammered; yammering.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The more European voters balk at economic reform, the more politicians yammer on about values.
- 畏懼經(jīng)濟(jì)改革的歐洲選民越多, 政治家們大談特談價(jià)值觀(guān)的情況也就會(huì)越多.
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