A spiel is a long, smooth, ready-made speech that the speaker has clearly given many times before — a salesperson's sales talk, a tour guide's opening, a phone-company worker's list of offers. The word carries a shrug in it: you are saying the words came out too easily, they were rehearsed, and the speaker may not mean them.

A spiel is a long, smooth, ready-made speech that the speaker has clearly given many times beforespiel指的是一段很長、很流利、講過很多次的固定講稿 — a salesperson's sales talk像業務員的推銷話術, a tour guide's opening導遊的開場白, a phone-company worker's list of offers或電信客服念的優惠方案清單。 The word carries a shrug in it這個字帶著一種聳肩、不以為然的味道: you are saying the words came out too easily你在暗示這些話講得太順了, they were rehearsed是背好的, and而 the speaker may not mean them講的人可能根本不是真心的。

So it is mildly negative, and quite informal.

So所以, it is mildly negative, and quite informal這個字帶點輕微的負面意味，而且很口語。

You most often meet it in 'give someone a spiel' or 'go into a spiel': 'The man at the door gave me the whole spiel about solar panels.' 'The whole spiel' is a very common set phrase, meaning the complete, tiring, familiar routine. It has widened past selling: any speech someone repeats — a parent's talk about tidying your room, a professor's yearly warning about plagiarism — can be called a spiel.

You most often meet it in 'give someone a spiel' or 'go into a spiel'你最常會在'give someone a spiel'或'go into a spiel'這樣的說法裡看到它: 'The man at the door gave me the whole spiel about solar panels.'像'The man at the door gave me the whole spiel about solar panels.'（那個上門的人把太陽能板那套說詞全講了一遍） 'The whole spiel''the whole spiel' is a very common set phrase是一個很常見的固定說法, meaning the complete, tiring, familiar routine意思是那一整套、讓人聽膩的老套說詞。 It has widened past selling這個字的用法已經不限於推銷了: any speech someone repeats任何一段有人反覆講的話 — a parent's talk about tidying your room像爸媽叫你整理房間的那套說詞, a professor's yearly warning about plagiarism或教授每年講的抄襲警告 — can be called a spiel都可以叫做a spiel。

There is also a verb, 'to spiel' or 'spiel off', but it is much rarer than the noun; if you use one, use the noun.

There is also a verb, 'to spiel' or 'spiel off'也有動詞形'to spiel'或'spiel off', but不過 it is much rarer than the noun比名詞少見很多; if you use one, use the noun如果要用，就用名詞。

Pronounce it /ʃpiːl/, 'shpeel', or /spiːl/, 'speel' — both are heard, and the 'shp' version is a little more common in American speech.

Pronounce it /ʃpiːl/, 'shpeel', or /spiːl/, 'speel'唸法可以是/ʃpiːl/（shpeel）或/spiːl/（speel） — both are heard兩種都聽得到, and而 the 'shp' version is a little more common in American speech在美式口音裡'shp'那個版本比較常見一點。