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
Susan, would you like the crab salad?
Susan,要不要蟹肉沙拉?
Kept waving to her mother until the train was out of sight.
不断地冲她的母亲挥手,直到火车驶出了视线。
He acted as if he had never lived in England before.