spiel /ʃpiːl, spiːl/ noun [countableC, uncountableU] informal
PERSUADEa quickspeech 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 Corpus
spiel• Cliff was still delivering his spiel upstairs.• The officersteadied 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 paradingfurther 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.