prating
present participle ofprate
| 单词 | prating |
| 释义 | prating present participle ofprate prate verb[I] old-fashioneduk/preɪt/us/preɪt/(alsoprate on)totalkstupidly, or about things that are notimportant, for alongtime: Inevitably there's somecallerprating on about thedeclineinmoralstandards. Synonyms chatter prattle Compare gabbleverbmainlyUK gibbermainlydisapproving blabberinformal blabinformal Ways of talking
Examplesofpratingprating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. I say what is the use of ourpratingabout our good intentions and waiting for somebody else to do the good actions? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We know that well, so they might as well stoppratingabout it from now on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no pointpratingabout human rights unless we are serious about the rule of law, because that is what protects those rights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 To go onpratingabout something which we might have wished but which is no longer possible, is to adopt an altogether wrong attitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want thepratingreply that nationalised industries conduct their own day-to-day affairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 While we go onpratingabout the rule of law, to a very large extent the rule of law has disappeared. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no usepratingabout scientific tests. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If we are going hierarchical, let us say that we are going hierarchical and stoppratingabout a multidisciplinary approach. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want to waste time inpratingabout the past. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It really is no good whateverpratingabout the prevention of disability and then refusing to act when opportunities to do something practical about it occur. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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