Wordiyorigmarole
🇬🇧 UK/'rigmәrәul/🇺🇸 US
GREC2
Definitions
n.
A long, complicated, and tedious procedure; confused or meaningless talk
繁琐的手续；冗长混乱的废话
adj.
Unnecessarily long and complicated; tedious
冗长繁琐的，无条理的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishrigmaroleother
=rigmarole
Common Collocations
- 1.go through the rigmarole经历一套繁琐程序
- 2.whole rigmarole整套繁琐手续
- 3.[bureaucratic rigmarole]官僚式繁文缛节
- 4.the usual rigmarole老一套繁琐流程
Example Sentences
- 1.
I had to go through the whole rigmarole of filling out forms just to renew my passport.
- 2.
She launched into a long rigmarole about why she was late, but nobody was listening.
- 3.
Why do we have to go through all this rigmarole every time we want to book a meeting room?