Say you want to get the riffs perfect in Eric Clapton's Layla. As envisioned, the sequence of notes on the screen will not advance until you correctly play the previous chords.
譬如你想把埃里克·克拉普顿的《Layla》中的连段完美地弹奏出来，在你没有正地奏好前面的和音之前，屏幕上将不会出现随後的音符。

Did anybody question any of that claptrap then
有没有人质疑过那些口若悬河的家伙？

Such an attitude is one of seeking truth from facts and not of currying favour by claptrap
这种态度，有实事求是之意，无哗众取宠之心。

This curry favour by claptrap attitude, nothing but is wants to attract the attention of others.
这种哗众取宠的心态, 无非就是想引起他人的注意嘛。

Eric Clapton sold his guitar at auction
吉他大师的名琴高价拍出

Dont believe that political claptrap.
不要相信政客说的空话。

This is the claptrap that politicians have peddled many times before.
这是政客们宣扬过无数次的废话。

have no intention of seeking truth from facts, but only a desire to curry favour by claptrap
无实事求是之意, 有哗众取宠之心

He talked a lot of dangerous claptrap about the glories of war.
他讲一大堆有关战争光荣之类危险瞎掰的话。

Don't believe a word of what he says. it's just a load of claptrap.
他说的话一句也别信。那只是一大堆哗众取宠的废话。

Admittedly, this kind of advice can sound like woolly newage claptrap to newspaper publishers.
下一步是允许, 不, 应该是鼓励读者参与到每一个单独的网页。

You know, once I saw Eric Clapton.
有一次我在奥斯汀的一个小酒吧