People often think of gossipers as harmless, but cruel lies can cause pain.

人们通常认为爱讲八卦的人是无害的，但残忍的谎言会引起痛苦。

Negroes are tireless gossipers, which, of course, is but a roundabout way of saying that they are human.

黑人是不知疲倦的八卦者，然，这只是说他们是人的迂回方式。

I have noticed three effects of gossip: it can hurt people, it can give gossipers a strange kind of satisfaction, and it can cause social pressures in a group.

它可以伤害人；它可以给八卦者一种奇怪的满足感；它可以中制造社会压力。

I think of the sharing of office politics as sharing of gossip, which is that the research shows that gossip most negatively reflects not on the topic, the subject of the gossip, but the gossiper.

我认为办公室政治的分享就是八卦的分享，也就是说，研究表明，八卦最负面的反映不是话题、八卦的主题，而是八卦者。