We might, for instance, mutter under our breath, sigh, make a condescending comment such as “It’s about time” or in some other way minimize the apology

比如我们可能会低声抱怨、叹气、或屈尊般地感慨道“该是时候了”，或者用其他方法来弱化道歉。

Don’ t mutter ! I can’ t hear you

别叽叽咕咕的! 我听不见

To mutter discontentedly;grumble.

不满地嘀咕;发牢骚

mutter threats at sb

低声恐吓某人.

An indistinct,whispered,or confidential complaint;a mutter .

咕哝不清楚的、小声的或者偷偷的抱怨;嘟哝

None of them dares even mutter dissent

没有人敢说半个不字。

mutter (away) to oneself

喃喃自语.

Leaders of other republics mutter openly now about a new Russian imperialism,while former chieftains shed crocodile tears over the violation of“human rights”

其他共和国现在公开抱怨新俄罗斯帝国主义，同时以前的那些头儿们也假惺惺地为违反“人权”一掬同情之泪。

It’s impolite to mutter to one another in class.

上课交头接耳不礼貌

He began to howl and diminuendoed down to a mutter

他始而大喊大叫，后来声音减低到小声咕哝。

He heard a mutter from the audience.

他听见听众中的一阵喃喃低语.

He mutter a few words of apology and with that he leave.

他支支吾吾地道个歉就马上走了。

mutter and mumble

吞吞吐吐.

I mutter admiringly, from that part of me which must be immortal and invulnerable

我满怀赞美地咕哝着，这可是发自我那永生不朽且又不会受伤害的内心深处。

We heard a mutter of discontent.

我们听到有人窃窃私议表示不满。

We heard the man mutter something as he walked away

我们听见那个人离开时喃喃地说着什么。

Actors often mutter to themselves when rehearsing their lines

演员背台词的时候经常自己嘀嘀咕咕。

Some staff members are beginning to mutter about the new President.

有些职员开始抱怨新任的总经理。

Thunder was mutter ing in the distance.

远处响着低沉的雷声.

In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange mournful mutter of the battlefield

在我的梦中，我再次听到炮声霹雳、枪声劈啪，和战场上怪异而悲怆的低沉隆隆之声。

From his self-imposed dark world, he felt Miss Su’s cool fingers touch his forehead and heard her mutter in French, “Pauvre pentit!”He hadn’t the strength to jump up in protest

在这个自造的黑天昏地里，他觉得苏小姐凉快的手指摸他的前额，又听她用法文低声自语:“pauvre petit(可怜的小东西)”他力不从心，不能跳起来抗议。

||1: The three Goliaths are buying up innovative firms because they are too big and bureaucratic to create things themselves, mutter some entrepreneurs (presumably not those being bought out handsomely). ||2: A more pressing worry for Tencent’s shareholders is that its lavish spending, on top of heavy investment in improving its unimpressive e-commerce offerings, will eat into profits. ||3: Worse, the m-commerce arms race risks distracting it from gaming and value-added services, the cash cows that are paying for everything else. A $100 billion valuation might then seem too rich.

||1:一些企业家说到，这三个巨头购买创新型企业因为他们太大太官僚，很难自己创造事物。大概不是出资那些被收购的公司之口。||2:腾讯股东更担心的是公司花费大量资金，投资改善其不起眼的电子商务产品会侵吞利润。||3:更糟糕的是，移动支付市场的军备竞赛风险分散了其在游戏和增值服务商的注意力，公司正在投资其他东西。1000亿美元的估值可能太高了。

||1:Some parts were given over to constant war.||2:Fewer journalists came to cover it, so it was hardly worth waiting even outside the Grand.||3:Il n’y a rien, il n’y a rien, he would mutter down the phone to his journalist friends who had gone home.||4:In response they sent him clothes and money for the hospital where eventually he had to go; they had not forgotten Congo.||5:Sadly, it seemed to him that the rest of the world had.

||1:有些地区陷入了持续不断的战争。||2:前来报道的记者越来越少，所以即使在大饭店外也不值得等待。||3:他会在电话里小声对回家的记者朋友们说：“什么都没有，什么都没有。||4:”作为回应，他们给了他衣服和去医院要花的钱，他最终不得不去那里；他们没有忘记刚果。||5:不幸的是，在他看来，世界上其他地方已经忘记了刚果。

Surely, investors mutter , the LDP remains chummy enough with Japan’s nuclear utilities not to let any of them collapse into bankruptcy?

确实，投资者们揣度的是，自民党与日本原子能事业亲密无间的关系就不会放任他们中的任何一家公司倒闭吗？

“Excuse me, ” I mutter . “I have to get this sham over with. ”

“对不起，”我咕哝着说，“我得把假装的这一套做完了事。”

“She said, ’I’m over here at the Mutter Museum, and I believe I’m looking at my niece, ’” Bender says.

“她说：‘我赶到马特陈列室那里，确信我见到的就是我的侄女。’”本德回忆道。

Heard heart mutter : “You think of a good” !

传来心底的低语：“好想你”！

But just occasionally, a supposed wonder of the new age makes me mutter the question: “Why? ”

但是就在不经意中，新时代里产生的一种臆想的奇迹让我不得不弱弱地问一声：“为什么？”

Jondrette found time to mutter in the ear of his eldest daughter

容德雷特觑个空，对着他大女儿的耳朵抱怨

Thus, they recruited Hawking to mutter what he did, that aliens exist but one should not have contact as they are scary and unpredictable.

所以，他们雇佣了霍金在那里嘀嘀咕咕，说外星人是存在的，但人们不应当主动去接触他们，因为他们是不可预知的，危险的。

mutter at

vt.抱怨

mutter against

抱怨

mutter to oneself in sleeping

n.睡中呢喃