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"mumbo jumbo" means:
1. [informal] confusing language: complicated and confusing language, especially technical jargon, that is difficult to understand) [非正式用法] 胡言亂語, 複雜的專業術語, 無意義的話
例句: I didn’t want to waste my time listening to his mumbo jumbo. (我不想浪費我的時間聽他在廢話)
例句: He talked a lot of mumbo jumbo at the meeting. (他開會時胡言亂語一通)
2. [offensive in some contexts] worthless beliefs or rituals: religious beliefs, language, or rituals that appear pointless or meaningless to the speaker [有時為不禮貌的用詞] 混亂, 無意義的活動
例句: They danced and sang all night, but I didn’t get all that mumbo jumbo. (他們徹夜歌舞,但我一點也不解那無意義的活動)
例句: That sermon was just a bunch of mumbo jumbo to me. (佈道對我而言是一派胡言, 沒有意義地)
例句: He engaged in the mumbo jumbo of international finance. (他涉入國際金融的混亂情勢)
3. supposedly supernatural object: an object or effigy believed to hold supernatural powers (西非黑人部落)守護神, 盲目崇拜的偶像