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
I keep thinking about that bag of film. Eight rolls.
我一直在想着旅行袋的事。一共有八卷呢。
Ignorance of the law excuses no man.
对法律不知不能免罪。
Men, particularly, spend hours of their leisure time installing their own fireplaces, laying out their own gardens; building garages and making furniture.