鹦鹉 A parrot is a tropical bird with a curved beak and brightly-coloured or grey feathers. Parrots can be kept as pets. Some parrots are able to copy what people say.
VERB 机械地模仿;鹦鹉学舌般地重复 If you disapprove of the fact that someone is just repeating what someone else has said, often without really understanding it, you can say that they are parroting it.
Generations of students have learnt to parrot the standard explanations. 一代又一代学生学会了机械地重复这些标准解释。
非常失望;失望至极 If you say that you feel as sick as a parrot, you feel very disappointed about something.
The parroting of the process becomes the standard operating procedure in meetings and email. 过程的机械模仿变成了会议和电子邮件中的标准操作流程。
Igor Klyamkin, of the Liberal Mission Foundation in Moscow, told VOA the commission may be parroting the rhetoric of Kremlin officials, without regard for the hidden meaning of their words. 莫斯科“自由任务基金会”的克雷金说,这个委员会也许在言辞上讨好克里姆林宫官员,没有提及他们言辞背后所隐藏的意思。
People who find that parroting a theory is easier than testing it. 发现机械地复述一种理论要比验证它容易的人们。
If the persons on the take are not parroting the opinions of our companies, what can we suppose the money they receive is for? 如果那些受贿的人不鹦鹉学舌般地重复我们公司的观点,我们又能设想他们收的钱是干什么使呢?
What a dull speech, he is merely parroting what many others had said. 多么单调乏味的讲话!他不过是鹦鹉学舌,重复许多人说过的话而已。
Well, aside from the fact that parroting "W" isn't exactly a sign of forward thinking, I can't help but feel there's a major problem with reading comprehension involved. 好了,抛开现实去鹦鹉学舌下小布什不是一种具有前瞻性的思考,我不由感到这其中还牵涉一个重要的阅读理解的问题。
The costs to manufacture here are simply not that much more expensive, you are parroting the talking points of the Multi National Corporations. 在美国的生产成本没有那么昂贵,你不过是在鹦鹉学舌重复那些跨国公司的观点。