昨天,有个朋友问,“莫名其妙”用英语怎么说?用英语怎么写?用英语怎么翻译?用英语怎么讲?在英语学习的过程中,和别人交流的过程中,日常的生活中,这句话都不会少见。我们今天来和大家聊聊这个词的英语表达。
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首先来看,这个词的正确表达:文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/what-do-you-mean-by-nonsense.html
即:mumbo jumbo文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/what-do-you-mean-by-nonsense.html
英文解释:words or activities that seem complicated or mysterious but have no real meaning文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/what-do-you-mean-by-nonsense.html
Mumbo jumbo在口语中确实经常被用到哦,这个用语起源于一个非洲探险的故事。据说18世纪,一位西方的探险家蒙戈·帕克发表文章介绍他去西非探险的时候,发现那边的非洲人都膜拜一个怪诞的偶像,叫 Mumbo Jumbo。文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/what-do-you-mean-by-nonsense.html
因为这个形象太过怪异,而且这个偶像在西非部落里总说着神神叨叨的话,做着令人匪夷所思的事。久而久之,mumbo jumbo在英语中就变成“莫名其妙、“胡说八道”的代名词了。成为这个意思后,该短语要小写首字母。文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/what-do-you-mean-by-nonsense.html
例句:文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/what-do-you-mean-by-nonsense.html
- Don't listen to him;he's just talking some mumbo jumbo.
- 别听他的,他只是在胡扯。
- It was all mumbo jumbo and I didn't understand a word.
- 那全是些莫名其妙的话,我一个字也听不懂。
以下几个词也可以表达mumbo jumbo的意思:文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/what-do-you-mean-by-nonsense.html
nonsense 无意义的话
举个例子:文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/what-do-you-mean-by-nonsense.html
- I've no time for such newfangled nonsense.
- 我没时间听这类新奇的废话。
hogwash 一派胡言
举个例子:文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/what-do-you-mean-by-nonsense.html
- You realize this is a bunch of hogwash, right?
- 你知道这都是胡说八道的对吧?
gibberish 胡言乱语
举个例子:
- Flushed with his impassioned gibberish he saw himself standing alone on the last barrier of civilization.
- 他满口胡言乱语,脸涨得通红,俨然自以为单独一个人站在文明最后的壁垒上。
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