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单词 hocus-pocus
释义
hocus-pocus
noun[U]
uk
/ˌhəʊ.kəsˈpəʊ.kəs/us
/ˌhoʊ.kəsˈpoʊ.kəs/
tricksused todeceive, or words used tohidewhat ishappeningor make it notclear:
（隐瞒实情的）花招，诡计
So much of whatpoliticianssay is just hocus-pocus.政客们说的很多话都是骗人的鬼话。
words said by amagician(= aperformerwhopretendsto domagicalthings)when they are doing atrick
（魔术师在表演戏法时所说的话）
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Cheating & tricking
  • anti-fraud
  • bad faith
  • bamboozle
  • bilk
  • blackmail
  • deceive
  • fiddle
  • flannel
  • gull
  • have an eye to/for the main chanceidiom
  • havesomeoneon
  • hoax
  • honeyfuggle
  • hustle
  • pull a fast oneidiom
  • pull the wool oversomeone'seyesidiom
  • punk
  • putsomethingacross/oversomeone
  • putsomethingon
  • racket
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(Definition ofhocus-pocusfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

hocus-pocus| American Dictionary

hocus-pocus
noun[U]
us
/ˌhoʊ·kəˈspoʊ·kəs/
tricksused todeceiveor words used tohidewhat ishappening,esp. by making theactualsituationdifficulttounderstand:
Like so manypoliticians, he relies on a lot ofstatisticalhocus-pocus.
(Definition ofhocus-pocusfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhocus-pocus

hocus-pocus
Thus, the 'doubly stressed'hocus-pocuswill always be realized with one of the parts stronger than the other.
From theCambridge English Corpus
What is all this elaborate nonsense andhocus-pocuswhich involves leaving 500,000 people outside the scheme because they are not "proper" contributors?
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I should like to have a definition of "hocus-pocus".
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There is a fair amount ofhocus-pocusin the way in which the commission operates.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This is all part of the greathocus-pocusthat we have erected around legal appointments.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They knew that it washocus-pocusfrom the start.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Thishocus-pocusof posts of responsibility is doing no good at all.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Both types of debate are enveloped in exactly the same sort ofhocus-pocus.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We will end this unscientific, never-ending game of numbers, thishocus-pocussurrounding limit-setting, with the clear cut-off criteria.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Our roads would become full of these mobile warehouses, and neither 'intelligent' traffic management nor any otherhocus-pocuswould be of any help.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
This is much more important thanhocus-pocusinternational agreements.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I do not believe all of thishocus-pocusabout the growth in investment.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There is a great deal ofhocus-pocusin any curriculum making.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
How do we undermine these barriers, the barriers of conventional wisdom, of tradition and ofhocus-pocus?
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is worth going through that study if one wants to read a piece ofhocus-pocusresearch.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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