pa·la·ver /pəˈlɑːvə $ -ˈlævər/ noun [singular, uncountableU] especially British EnglishBrE
informalPROBLEMunnecessarytrouble and anxiety that makes something seem more important than it really is 〔不必要的〕麻烦,不便,烦恼SYN fuss
We could have done without all this palaver.
我们本可以不那么麻烦的。
What a palaver over nothing!
真是白忙一场啊!
Examples from the Corpus
palaver• Budgetpalaver and acuteshort-termism seem to go hand in hand.• Will they view it as an opportunity to attack their opponents or deliveremptypalaver?• There's been a lot of palaver about feminist oversensitivity to language.• Can't have this sort of palaver going on, not here.• Between them all, they managed to get Liam to the house, the twins being much amused by all the palaver.• For all the palaver about men playing full parenting roles, fathers desire, seek, contrive and protect their anonymity.• If you can't be bothered with any of this palaver, buy a whole fillet of beef.
Originpalaver
(1700-1800)Portuguesepalavra“word, speech”, from Late Latinparabola; → PARABLE