mumbo-jumbo

mumbo-jumbo

美 [ˌmʌmboʊ ˈdʒʌmboʊ] 　英 [ˌmʌmbəʊ ˈdʒʌmbəʊ]

• n.摩包君婆；迷信的崇拜物；令人畏惧的东西；迷惑人的做法
• 网络繁文缛节；天书；胡言乱语

英汉双解

英汉解释

n.	1. 摩包君婆 2. 迷信的崇拜物;令人畏惧的东西;迷惑人的做法;意义含糊的话;胡说八道

英英解释

n.	1. ideas, beliefs, or customs that you think are nonsense

例句

It isn't that complicated, but Wall Street is so full of mumbo-jumbo that it's easy to get confused.

其实情况没那么复杂，只是华尔街充斥着太多的繁文缛节，所以才很容易搞得一头雾水。

Fortune telling and mystical mumbo-jumbo aside, it has been a power about which we can only dream.

除过占卜和神秘的蛊惑，拥有如此力量，我们只能依靠做梦。

These government forms are full of such mumbo - jumbo , I can't understand them at all.

政府的这些表格中净是些晦涩的词，我一点都看不懂。

When he's dressed he goes to the cupboard, kneels before a little idol on the third shelf, and repeats the mumbo jumbo.

穿好衣服后他便走到碗橱前，跪在摆在第三层上的一个小神像前，一遍遍背诵那些别人听不懂的祷告词。

To bring in a new mine can take 20 years of bureaucratic mumbo jumbo , about what it takes to build a nuclear reactor in the U. S.

打算开发一个新矿则需要花费20年在官僚机构的磨洋工上，而这个时间足够美国建立一个核反应堆了。

It really is enjoyable and beneficial to any level of swimmer, even those macho males who might think it's mumbo jumbo!

对于任何水平的选手来说，它真的是非常享受和有益的，甚至那些大男子主义的男性，都将视它为珍宝。

I know: this sounds like so much motivational public speaker mumbo jumbo.

我知道，这听着像煽情演说家骗人的鬼话。

From my perspective, data is boring mumbo jumbo and content is the flashy or graphically-appealing item I see on the screen.

在我看来，数据不过是令人讨厌的繁文缛节，而内容是我在屏幕上看到的适合阅读的或以图形方式显示的项目。

The kid playing at the corner keep saying mumbo jumbo .

这个在角落玩的小孩一直念念有词。

On some level this definition may seem like quite a lot of scientific mumbo-jumbo.

在某种程度上，这一定义可能显得有点故弄玄虚。

Nope, mostly academic mumbo-jumbo that is entirely useless to all but a handful of policy makers.

完全就是一些学术上繁文缛节的东西，基本没什么用，不过对于制定政策的人来说还是挺有用的。

Mental telepathy mumbo-jumbo, right?

是心灵感应对吗？

This may sound like mumbo jumbo, but this is a Lynch movie we're talking about, and nothing can be what it seems.

这听起来也许像胡言乱语，但我们在谈论的可是林奇的电影，没有什么是不可能的。

And this is not mumbo-jumbo philosophy.

这并不是晦涩难懂的哲学。

On the other hand Indians peddle ahimsa, some spiritual mumbo-jumbo and little else.

而印度呢，兜售不杀生主义，什么神秘的精神力量和别的零碎。