1.〈美俚〉胡说,瞎扯;闲聊
1.nonsense, or talk that is meant to impress people but has little meaning
1.Forget the constitution and all that guff about a shining city on the hill; the founding fathers did not have to face Islamist jihadis.
忘掉美国宪法和“山巅闪光之城”之类的废话吧；开国元勋们当年无须面对伊斯兰圣战。
2.However, several things have happened to me recently to make me doubt the superiority of men at talking guff.
然而，最近发生的几件事，让我对男性“废话”更多的观点产生了怀疑。
3.My hostage to fortune for 2004 is that this sort of guff has peaked and will recede.
我敢打赌，在2004年，这类废话已经过了顶峰期，将会走下坡路。
4.Its "goodness" stems less from all that guff about corporate altruism than from Adam Smith's invisible hand.
它的“善良”堵住了比亚当·斯密看不见的手更少的关于公司利他主义的废话。
5.Instead, I was enraged by the transparently ludicrous guff promising me "a planned overdraft to meet your needs" .
相反，它许诺给我的是“满足您需求的有计划透支”——这种明显的无稽之谈把我激怒了。
6.But if they thought her schedule was busy, why did they think she would have time to read so much guff?
但是，如果他们真的觉得她是这么忙，为什么他们还觉得她会有空读这么长的废话呢？
7.The warm Guff Stream sweeping north and the frigid Labrador Current flowing south meet just off the New England coast.
北上的墨西哥湾暖流与南下的拉布拉多寒流，在新英格兰海岸的附近相遇。
8.That said, some in Washington might buy the guff about the deal "strengthen[ing] the international competitive position of the US. "
（话虽如此，有些人可能会相信这笔交易“加强了（正加强）美国的国际竞争地位。”
9.Don't listen to their guff about wanting to see you again.
别听他们的什么希望再见到你。
10.It is also because there is a difference between corporate guff and personal guff: no one expects the first to be for real.
另外一个原因是，企业的胡话与个人的扯淡不同：没人会把前者当真。