单词 | spiel |
释义 | spiel /ʃpiːl, spiːl/ noun [countable, uncountable] informal PERSUADEa quick speech that the speaker has used many times before, especially one that is intended to persuade people to buy something 〔推销商品用的〕长串的套话,油嘴滑舌的游说 A salesman started giving us a spiel about life insurance. 一名推销员开始夸夸其谈,向我们推销人寿保险。Examples from the Corpusspiel• Cliff was still delivering his spiel upstairs.• The officer steadied himself by grasping the windshield, but didn't miss a beat in his spiel.• He goes off into a little spiel.• When my turn comes I condense my spiel and show my three-by-five card.• If Klepner's gonna get his job he may as well do the spiel.• The other fellow is parading further down the beach and I can hear him giving the spiel to other people.• This would be a shame and later in this spiel I have put down some thoughts on the matter.giving ... spiel• The other fellow is parading further down the beach and I can hear him giving the spiel to other people.Origin spiel (1800-1900) German “play, game”spiel nounChinese a quick the Corpus that speech speaker has |
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