talking shop

英 [ˈtɔːkɪŋ ʃɒp]

美 [ˈtɔːkɪŋ ʃɑːp]

n. (只讨论而无行动的)清谈俱乐部

牛津词典

noun

（只讨论而无行动的）清谈俱乐部
a place where there is a lot of discussion and argument but no action is taken

柯林斯词典

(只说不做的)清谈会;清谈委员会
If you say that a conference or a committee is just atalking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.

双语例句

It's a dialogue between two people talking about the bad customer service they received at a coffee house ( or a coffee shop) that they went to.
这是两个人之间的对话，谈论他们在一家咖啡厅接受的糟糕的服务。
Such would be the dominance of these English institutions that the Commons would be reduced to a foreign policy talking shop.
这些英格兰机构将拥有主导地位，而下议院将沦为对外政策的清谈场所。
Well, I'm sure he'll be here before long. Let's have a cup of coffee. ( Lily and Li Lei are drinking coffee and talking at a coffee shop.)
噢，我肯定他很快就来。咱们喝杯咖啡吧。（莉莉和李雷在咖啡店边喝咖啡边谈。）
The WEF may only be a talking shop for this glittering cast, but during a worldwide economic crisis, good lines of communication between countries and between States and businesses are essential.
世界经济论坛或许不过是这些耀眼人物的一次清谈会，但在全球经济陷入危机之际，国家间及政府和企业间良好的交流方式至关重要。
As soon as they saw this, the customers stopped talking and, one by one, without hurrying, left the wine-shop.
顾客们一看到这个动作便立刻停止了交谈，并一个接着一个从容地离开了酒店。
Little wonder that critics have long dismissed ASEAN as a talking shop.
难怪长期以来，批评人士一直将东盟视为一个清谈俱乐部（talkingshop）。
When he rolled into the department's common room one morning last month, his students were talking shop around low tables.
上月的一天上午，霍金驾着轮椅到了系的公共休息室，他的学生们正围在一张张矮桌子谈论着本行的一些事情。
Then later, after talking further with initiates and learning about the Supreme teachings, the shop owner even learned the convenient method of meditation.
后来，这位老板与同修进一步交谈，了解师父的无上教理后，还学了方便法。
The SCO, comprising Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, was initially dismissed as a talking shop in the West.
对这一组织，最初西方不屑一顾，称其为“清谈俱乐部”。
Two chemists were talking shop, and I hardly understood a word they said.
两位化学家在谈论他们本行的事，他们的话我一句也听不懂。