gossip
英 ['g?s?p]
美['ɡɑs?p]
- n. 小道傳聞；隨筆；愛說長道短的人
- vi. 閑聊；傳播流言蜚語
考試真題
- 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.
2019年6月六級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section C
- An important negative effect of gossip is that it can hurt the person being talked about.
2016年高考英語浙江卷（6月） 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文
- An important negative effect of gossip is that it causes unpleasant experiences.
2016年高考英語浙江卷（6月） 閱讀理解 閱讀A 題設
- Don't let gossip turn into lies.
2016年高考英語浙江卷（6月） 閱讀理解 閱讀A 選項
- Gossip also can have a third effect: It strengthens unwritten, unspoken rules about how people should act.
2016年高考英語浙江卷（6月） 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文
- In the author's opinion, many people like to gossip because it gives them a feeling of pleasure.
2016年高考英語浙江卷（6月） 閱讀理解 閱讀A 題設
- Many of our conversations are gossip, I have noticed three effects of gossip: It can hurt people, it can give gossipers a strange kind of satisfaction, and it can cause social pressures in a group.
2016年高考英語浙江卷（6月） 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文
- Probably the worst type of gossip is the absolute lie.
2016年高考英語浙江卷（6月） 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文
- Professor david Wilson explains that gossip is important in policing behaviors in a group.
2016年高考英語浙江卷（6月） 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文
- Professor david Wilson thinks that gossip can help people watch their own behaviors.
2016年高考英語浙江卷（6月） 閱讀理解 閱讀A 題設
- The do's and don'ts conveyed through gossip will never show up in any student handbook.
2016年高考英語浙江卷（6月） 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文
- The effects of gossip vary depending on the situation.
2016年高考英語浙江卷（6月） 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文
- The more embarrassing or shameful the secret is, the juicier the gossip it makes.
2016年高考英語浙江卷（6月） 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文
- The next time you feel the urge to spread the latest news, thing about why you want to gossip and what effects your "juicy story" might have.
2016年高考英語浙江卷（6月） 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文
- Usually, gossip spreads information about a topic-breakups, trouble at home, even dropping out-that a person would rather keep secret.
2016年高考英語浙江卷（6月） 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文