格言必修【69】

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As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they have least wit are the greatest babblers. –Plato
    正像空容器發(fā)出的聲音,智力最低者最善于嘮叨不休?!乩瓐D
    babbler means one that babbles:是指胡言亂語的人。
    例如:
    a babbler of half-truths.
    一個(gè)半真半假的胡言亂語者
    However, the other usage we don't know. It means a tape recording of several dozen voices talking at the same time, used as an antibugging device to make private or secret conversations inaudible to eavesdroppers.是指防竊聽多聲磁帶記錄了許多同一時(shí)刻說話聲音的磁帶,用作一種防竊聽裝置使私人的或秘密的談話不被偷聽者聽到。
    Babble means to utter a meaningless confusion of words or sounds.是指說話含糊不清發(fā)出一種無意義的混亂的詞或聲音的意思。它的另一種意思是形容亂哄哄的聲音。
    例如:
    I heard the babble of many voices.
    我聽到許多亂哄哄的說話聲。