pa·lav·er /pəˈlævɚ/
談判,交涉,洽商(vi.)嘮叨,拍馬屁,用花言巧語騙人(vt.)籠絡,哄騙
Pa·la·ver n.
1. Talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk intended to deceive; flattery.
2. In Africa, a parley with the natives; a talk; hence, a public conference and deliberation; a debate.
This epoch of parliaments and eloquent palavers. --Carlyle.
Pa·la·ver, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Palavered p. pr. & vb. n. Palavering.] To make palaver with, or to; to used palaver; to talk idly or deceitfully; to employ flattery; to cajole; as, to palaver artfully.
Palavering the little language for her benefit. --C. Bronté
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palaver
n 1: flattery intended to persuade [syn: blandishment, cajolery]
2: loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric" [syn: hot
air, empty words, empty talk, rhetoric]
v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
[syn: chatter, piffle, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle,
clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle,
blabber, gabble]
2: influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or
flattering; "He palavered her into going along" [syn: wheedle,
cajole, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle]
3: have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of
different backgrounds