We went fairly often to Hyde Park, where speakers harangued the passing crowds on diverse themes.

我们经常去海德公园，那里演讲者会路过的人群就不同的主题高谈阔论。

High-minded conversations give you a chance to explore the ideas tumbling around your mind.

高谈阔论让你有机会探索在你头脑中翻滚的想法。

She would disappear to the kitchen then, making coffee, and leave the men alone.

每到此时她会跑到厨房里去准备咖啡，不大理会男人们的高谈阔论。

Is all this talk of an end to waste just pie in the sky?

所有这些关于终结垃圾的高谈阔论是否都只是空中楼阁？

I like company when I go out, and I think better when I talk aloud.

我喜欢结伴随行，高谈阔论帮助我思考。

It's just too early for me to interpret " girl flip out" into normal conversation.

只是于我说，在还很早，难以与你展开高谈阔论。

Oh, God! Are you gonna go on another spiel like you did with the flesh-colored crayon?

老天！你又要篇高谈阔论吗？就像肉色蜡笔那次？

Topics which can be discussed freely within a culture are referred to as " small talk."

在同一文化中可以高谈阔论的话题我们就称之为闲聊。

We named the task dinner drudgery—and, after a while, so did most of our six-week guests.

用餐时往往会多两三位客人，有时候是邻居或亲戚，有时候是同事、律师、医生等名利双收人士，在前往自家的夏季别墅前，顺路拜访我父亲。有时候我们甚至向访的夫妻开放自己的餐室，他们耳闻这栋老别墅，纯粹想一窥究竟。受邀与我们共餐时，他们完全像了魔一样，跟我们聊很多自己的事情。而这时，总在最后一分钟才接到通知的马法达则端出她的家常菜。虽然几杯玫瑰红葡萄酒（Rosatello Wine）下肚后，坐在午后炎热的夏日阳光下，人不免变得懒散迟钝；但是私底下内敛害羞的父亲，最爱听学有专长的早慧之士以数种语言高谈阔论。我们总把这段时光称为“正餐苦役”——过不了多久，那些即将长住六周的访客也会这么说。

I love that you have the confidence to speak, even without giving it an ounce of thought.

我喜欢你有完全不过脑子就高谈阔论的那种自信。

In other words, if all you do is talk, people are going to gradually stop believing in you.

换句话说，如果你只会高谈阔论，人们逐渐你失去信任。

I thought you were good at this. You're always talking about how you go to bars and meet women.

我以为你很擅长这个。你总是高谈阔论你怎么去酒吧泡妞。

An informal word, hoity-toity, is a synonym of the words pompous, fancy, and highfalutin.

一个非正式的词语，“hoity-toity”是“装腔作势”、“讲究”和“高谈阔论”的同义词。

We were sitting at dinner and another writer was waxing on about the novel.

我们正在吃饭，另一位作家在高谈阔论那本小说。

Like meaning people who pontificate about this stock versus that stock.

就像那些这只股票与那只股票高谈阔论的人。

And then here's where I could pontificate.

然后这里就是我可以高谈阔论的地方了。

I think pontificating around our kids is way more powerful than lecturing our kids.

我认为在孩子们面前发表高谈阔论比直接教训他们更有威力。

Versus wanting to hear yourself talk, pontificate.

与想要听到自己说话、高谈阔论相反。

And I always thought, well, it's kind of really high talk and all that stuff.

我一直觉得，这简直就是高谈阔论。

So when I was just pontificating, did that resonate with you?

所以，当我刚才高谈阔论时，你是否感同身受？