Perhaps my expectations of lunches, water-cooler gossip and caring, deep-and-meaningful conversations were a legacy of the last time I was in that kind of office environment.(也许我对午餐、茶水间闲聊、关心他人、深入而有意义的谈话的期望是我上次在那种办公室环境中遗留下来的。)
She despised gossip in any form.(她对任何形式的流言飞语都嗤之以鼻。)
Los Angeles is rife with gossip about the stars' private lives.(洛杉矶盛传明星私生活的流言飞语。)
He loved gossip and scandal.(他喜欢闲话和流言蜚语。)
He was a vicious gossip.(他是个可恶的饶舌者。)
The effects of gossip vary depending on the situation.(流言的影响因情况而异。)
I love a good gossip.(我喜欢闲聊天。)
The jet-setting couple made frequent appearances in the gossip columns.(这对富豪夫妇的消息经常出现在八卦专栏里。)
The do's and don'ts conveyed through gossip will never show up in any student handbook.(通过八卦传达的行为规范永远不会出现在任何学生手册中。)
An important negative effect of gossip is that it can hurt the person being talked about.(八卦的一个重要的负面影响是,它会伤害被谈论的人。)