Rigmarole
[ ['rigmərəul] ]
出国 Abroad
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
The private lives of celebrities take up more magazine space than world news.
名人的私生活在杂志上占的版面比国际新闻还要多。
The busiest men find (or have) the most leisure (or time).
最忙的人时间最多。
Victorian parents believed that they kept their dignity by retreating behind an unreasoning authoritarian attitude;
维多利业时代的父母认为，他们可以靠无理的权威气派来维护自己的尊严，