"talk shop" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 談工作
• 談業務

Definition

在通常的社交場合裡討論與自己工作相關的話題，可能讓其他人覺得無聊。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

非正式用語，經常帶有輕微負面意涵，用於指在非正式場合談論工作。常見用法有“別再談工作了”。強調在社交場合不要一直談公事。

Examples

Let's not talk shop at dinner tonight.

今晚喫飯時我們**別談工作**。

They always talk shop even on holiday.

他們即使度假時也總是**談工作**。

Please don't talk shop at the party.

請不要在派對上**談工作**。

As soon as they met, the engineers started to talk shop.

工程師們一見面就開始**談工作**。

I get bored when my friends talk shop all night.

我的朋友們整晚**談工作**時我覺得很無聊。

We promised not to talk shop, but somehow we ended up discussing our projects.

我們答應不**談工作**，但最後還是討論了各自的專案。