| 单词 | mumbo jumbo |
| 释义 | mumbo jumbo noun[U] informaluk/ˌmʌm.bəʊ ˈdʒʌm.bəʊ/us/ˌmʌm.boʊ ˈdʒʌm.boʊ/words oractivitiesthatseemcomplicatedormysteriousbut have norealmeaning: 晦涩难懂的话；无意义的活动；繁文缛节You don'tbelieveinhoroscopesand all thatmumbojumbo, do you?你不相信占星术和那套鬼话，是吧？ Nonsense
mumbo jumbo| American Dictionarymumbo jumbo noun[U] us/ˌmʌm·boʊ ˈdʒʌm·boʊ/words oractivitiesthat areunnecessarilycomplicatedormysteriousandseemmeaningless: Financialinformationis just mumbo jumbo to me. Examplesofmumbo jumbomumbo jumbo This way of describing consciousness is the only true monism that really equates mind with the functioning of physical matter, without recourse to nomological danglers and spiritualmumbojumbo. From theCambridge English Corpus Thereafter, after a good deal ofmumbojumboand inspection, they are told that a certain device is the one that would help them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems to me that we are getting deeper and deeper into the mire ofmumbojumbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It seeks to leave out themumbojumboabout the terms of the agreement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It seemed to me suprememumbojumbo, and utter pantomime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us not be distracted by 'mumbojumbo' is what she has said. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English This ismumbojumbo: it means everything or nothing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What has all thatmumbojumbogot to do with real learning? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is vital because many people cannot understand, and are frightened by, themumbojumboof official letters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not just a figure, just a lot ofmumbojumbo, a few billions here and a few billions there? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is all part of themumbojumbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is wrong of us to continue to encourage, even at the present sotto voce level, thismumbojumboabout home ownership. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Does this mean an end of themumbojumboabout when we are sitting? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that he will bring to the notice of his right honourable friend the fact that not all of us regard thismumbojumbowith pleasure, pride or satisfaction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I'd had enough of themumbojumbo. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
| 随便看 |
|
英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。