Rigmarole
[ ['rigmərəul] ]
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n. 冗长的废话, 繁琐费时的手续\\na. 冗长的, 无条理的
📝 例句
all that academic rigmarole was a waste of time.
所有的理论上的胡言乱语都是浪费时间。
She told me some rigmarole or other about having lost her keys.
她向我拉拉杂杂说了一大套关于丢失钥匙的事。
go through the whole rigmarole of filling out forms
通过填表这一整套繁琐的程序.
I've never heard such a rigmarole.
我从来没听过像这样的长篇废话.
To give a long rigmarole
叨絮不休
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
rigmarole
n[C usu sing通常作单数]
(derog 贬)
1 (unnecessarily) complicated procedure （不必要的）复杂手续
go through the whole rigmarole of filling out forms 通过填表这一整套繁琐的程序.
2 long wandering story or statement 冗长而离题的故事或叙述
I've never heard such a rigmarole. 我从来没听过像这样的长篇废话.
🗣️ 情景例句
I don't like charades.
我不喜欢哑谜。
That brings us to the question of price. What do you have in mind?
那使我们想起价钱问题，你心目中的价钱是多少？
Some of the bigger firms are engaged in researches which are of such general and fundamental nature that it is a positive advantage to them not to keep them secret.
某些大公司进行的研究属于一般和基础性的研究。因此不保密对他们才有利。