confab

• n. 交谈；会议
• vi. 谈话；闲谈

con-, 强调。-fab, 说，交谈，词源同fame, fate, confess,phone.

confab (n.)

1701, colloquial shortening of confabulation.

1. the annual movie confab in Cannes

在戛纳举行的电影年会

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2. 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.

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

咱们来讨论一下那条意见.

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4. We would see them confab in that room.

我们常看到他们在那房间里闲谈.

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5. The New Yorker catches Summers nodding off again in a confab with officials in Detroit.

《纽约客》还拍到萨默斯在底特律跟官员开会时又打起了盹.

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