"harp on" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 反覆談論
• 嘮叨

Definition

反覆談論或抱怨某事，通常讓人厭煩或過度。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

非正式，略帶負面；常用來說某人不斷重複抱怨或建議（'harp on about...'）。不要與 'dwell on'（較中性）混淆。多指讓人厭煩的重複。

Examples

Please don't harp on the same mistakes every day.

請不要每天**反覆談論**同樣的錯誤。

She loves to harp on about how early she wakes up.

她喜歡**嘮叨**自己多早起牀。

Try not to harp on your bad luck.

盡量不要**反覆談論**你的壞運氣。

He's always harping on about his old job.

他總是**嘮叨**他以前的工作。

I wish my parents would stop harping on about my grades.

我希望我父母別再**反覆嘮叨**我的成績了。

Let’s not harp on the problem any longer—let’s find a solution.

我們不要再**反覆談論**這個問題了，來找個解決方法吧。