| 单词 | mumbo jumbo |
| 例句 | “You told me that my father was alive. Now you’re giving me some New Age mumbo jumbo about him living in me.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Regina wasn’t buying his sales pitch and wrote back that Armstrong and his church were feeding Bobby a line of mumbo jumbo and engaging in fear mongering. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “You magical types and your rituals. You have no idea how liberating it is to be rid of all that mumbo jumbo.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Her first course of action was to march to the asylum and demand that her children be turned over to her without any official mumbo jumbo. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Spoony and Berry tag-teamed me with the more political activism mumbo jumbo than I could stand, until at last, thank God, English, Shannon, and Carlos showed up. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z For biologists, it may have seemed like absolute mumbo jumbo. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Either Muhammad is easily swayed by art mumbo jumbo or he wants to get back to schmoozing, because he begins backing up. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z His skill in dressing these common-sense predictions up in astrological mumbo jumbo not only established his reputation in Graz, but got his salary increased to the full level appropriate for his post. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Through her reverie of mumbo jumbo she heard the court-appointed lawyer lean over to Richie and offer two words of legal advice: “Plead guilty.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Roli points it out and then starts in with mumbo jumbo about summer triangles and degrees of brightness. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z But the show scarcely cares whether the talking points of the political lobbying, or the engineers’ urgent conversations about the return vehicle, or the astronauts’ gasping debates during training drills, amount to mumbo jumbo. “The First,” Reviewed: Sean Penn’s Mission to Mars Is Futurism with a Nostalgic Bent 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z He doesn't will his feelings away with meditative mumbo jumbo, but is she willing to trade one old dream of happiness for an even older one? 'Better' is good look at woman's attempt at great happiness 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Translation: This novel is neck deep in mumbo jumbo and will do its tireless best to conflate fact and fiction. Books of The Times: Exotic Creatures and the Humans Who Chase Them 2010-03-01T06:01:00Z “We have a scarcity of experts in the world and for years art graduate schools have taught that connoisseurship is a kind of mumbo jumbo magic,” he said. It Might Have Been a Masterpiece, but Now It’s a Cautionary Tale 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z So instead of anything approaching a reasoned answer, we get simplistic finger-pointing and mumbo jumbo about community power. "School Pride" papers over the truth about education 2010-10-15T01:13:00Z He was repelled by its trappings, the bells, the candles, the incense, the mumbo jumbo, the superstitions, the bad art, the tawdry vestments and the general staginess. Catholic art was once the domain of Titian. Now, we get Susan Boyle 2010-09-19T21:15:00Z You’ve been quoted as saying that architecture is too often treated as a fine art, “delicately wrapped in mumbo jumbo,” when in fact it incorporates disciplines including science, math, and engineering. Norman Foster Is Still Looking Upward 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Hopkins mutters, bellows and glowers his way through a kind-of-scary tale of supernatural mumbo jumbo. Film: Midwinter Ritual: When Good Actor Meets Bad Movie 2011-02-19T03:43:01Z Action comedy, Asian sword-slasher pic or martial arts mystical mumbo jumbo, this warrior never quite finds his way. 'The Warrior's Way': Cowboys vs. Ninjas, oh my 2010-12-03T17:25:00Z That of course means a lot of mumbo jumbo to most people, so let’s convert that over to U.S. dollars. Use a 'Fake' Location to Get Cheaper Plane Tickets 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z What fascinated was her way of demystifying things and her cool patience in cutting through mumbo jumbo. The Indelible Substance of a Semester with Toni Morrison 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z The same main characters were still in mortal combat with the mumbo jumbo of the island, as time whooshed back and forth like faulty automatic doors. Money; Lost; Damages 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z What he needed was David Chase, or another of the better “Sopranos” writers, to shape the story, punch up the action and weed out the mystical-psychological mumbo jumbo, no matter how heartfelt it might be. | 'The Hungry Ghosts': Eastern Religion in an Ensemble Drama 2010-10-01T00:03:00Z The film documents a season of professional tournaments on the North Shore of Oahu, combining surfing action with thumbnail profiles, local color and a good dollop of macho-mystical mumbo jumbo. | 'Highwater': Forever Stoked for More Tasty Waves 2010-08-27T04:08:00Z Photograph: HBO Series two is so confusing that you long for a bit of “time is a flat circle” mumbo jumbo. True Detective: is it OK to admit that no one knows what's going on? 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z The good news is that mumbo jumbo is strictly optional. Next Stop: Peace, Love and Views in Turkey?s Kabak Valley 2010-06-24T18:18:00Z Her grandmother, though, took her to a voodoo priest, who advised dipping her legs in dirty dishwater, massaging them down and chanting what Ms. Dallas called “a special mumbo jumbo.” She Learned From Katherine Dunham. At 93, She’s Teaching Her Technique. 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z Sometimes, the words of a court room amount to mumbo jumbo to the occasional visitor. Chris Mason: Supreme Court ruling leaves Rwanda policy in tatters 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z He was speaking his usual mumbo jumbo about hardcore software-writing and “the code stack” — but, in essence, he was right. Opinion | Twitter was — and is — broken 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z A growing field of study known broadly as ecopsychology suggests that the health benefits of time outdoors are more than just New Age mumbo jumbo. Forget hygge, it’s time for uitwaaien 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Boris Johnson told broadcasters this was the first time he was speaking out against anti-vax campaigners who were "putting out mumbo jumbo" and "spouting complete nonsense" about vaccines. Johnson: Time to call out anti-vax 'mumbo jumbo' 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Let’s drop the pseudoscientific mumbo jumbo and just cut taxes for parents. Opinion | How to help working parents — in and out of the home 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z The Fremen will move front and center in Part 2, and frankly there’s lots of weird mumbo jumbo to wade through in the coming chapters. Denis Villeneuve navigates the thorny criticisms around ‘Dune’ 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z The images showed a president who was “cornered and surrounded” and a country that was directionless and hostage to “ideological mumbo jumbo”. 'The ship is sinking': Bolsonaro battles to block foul-mouthed cabinet video 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Hootie is the chairman of the National and the obvious person to see about the membership and the mumbo jumbo. A Master's first look at the Masters - Golf Digest 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Referring to Boris Johnson Greenwich speech, she adds: "This is not hysteria. This is not mumbo jumbo". Brexit: 'Keep your promises,' Germany tells Johnson, amid EU fears UK backtracking on its pledges – live news 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z I couldn’t understand the point of all that mathematical mumbo jumbo. I only took three years of high school math, escaped with a 'D' and turned out OK 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z But he says what the UK does will be determined by science, not by “mumbo jumbo”. Brexit: Boris Johnson says UK should not be obliged to accept EU rules to secure trade deal – live news 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z There’s so much more to it than … it’s recruiting mumbo jumbo, is all it is. Here’s what UW Huskies coach Chris Petersen said in his Colorado Week press conference 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Johnson, in an interview with the BBC on Monday, disparaged “all this mumbo jumbo about how Parliament is being deprived the opportunity to scrutinize Brexit.” U.K. Supreme Court weighs whether Boris Johnson broke the law in suspending Parliament 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z And by the way, all this mumbo jumbo about how Parliament is being deprived of the opportunity to scrutinise Brexit. In full: Boris Johnson interview from Luxembourg 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z He described claims that Parliament was "being deprived of the opportunity to scrutinise Brexit" as "all this mumbo jumbo" and a "load of claptrap". EU has had 'bellyful' of Brexit process - Johnson 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Move past the corporate mumbo jumbo and the idea that the organizational structure matters to the casual fan. Perspective | Having failed conventionally, the Wizards are going to try to succeed radically 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z But he also shows a limited knowledge of operations, acknowledging that the amount of fuel used on take-off was quite a lot more than he expected and that some instructions to him were "mumbo jumbo". Seattle plane hijacker 'had clearance' 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z Thankfully, despite all this soft-atheism "disappearing" mumbo jumbo, there remains ample scientific evidence that hell is not only very real, but absolutely thriving. Pope Francis announces hell no longer exists, contrary to all earthly evidence - Golf Digest 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z I subscribe to the whole collective mumbo jumbo, and all of it works. I have cancer. Don't tell me you're sorry | Elizabeth Wurtzel 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z “You need to speak your stakeholders’ language, and coming out with P.R. mumbo jumbo, like ‘re-accommodate,’ is the wrong thing to do,” she said. Sean Spicer, United Airlines and the Fine Art of Repentance 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z The monosaccharide mumbo jumbo you seem to be touting sounds like so much pseudoscience. As Soda Taxes Gain Wider Acceptance, Your Bottle May Be Next 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z “What I heard was political mumbo jumbo,” Mr. Castorina said on the stand. New York City ID Holders Aren’t a Threat, N.Y.P.D. Official Says in Court 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Sales agents, however, are often eager to push other forms of insurance that include complex investments, large and often hidden fees, and complex riders laden with mumbo jumbo. How Should You Manage Your Money? And Keep It Short 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z The mumbo jumbo mattered – and that’s what made it all the more infuriating. Wells Fargo banking scandal a financial crisis we can finally understand 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z And so Richie helped conclude the 1984 Games with “All Night Long,” a hit full of pseudo-African mumbo jumbo and a demand to “let the music play on, play on, play on.” The Olympics Issue 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z After all, when you cut through all of the mumbo jumbo, if you are consuming fewer calories than you are burning per day, you are going to lose weight. Scientists Agree This Is the Most Effective Diet for Weight Loss 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z The language used is also easy to understand, dispensing with the mumbo jumbo that some meditation apps use. The Smartphone Way to Inner Calm 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z But let’s not get caught up in the legal mumbo jumbo. How to pick a financial adviser (could be the most lucrative decision you ever make) 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z No mumbo jumbo of meditation and secret elixirs to help him chop through a coconut or break a brick over his head. Lion dancers all about respect, legacy 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z Sales agents, however, are often eager to push other forms of insurance that include complex investments, large and often hidden fees and complex riders laden with mumbo jumbo. How Should You Manage Your Money? And Keep It Short 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z So it’s like mumbo jumbo, like putting nuts under a cup.” Lily Tomlin: ‘I don’t relate to any of my life, except the stories I’m telling you’ 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z At one point, he called such proposals “mumbo jumbo.” Moderate Democrats pleading with Obama for decisive plan to beat Islamic State 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z However, it wasn’t entirely arbitrary mumbo jumbo that earned them the title, more the fact that Rochdale have spent more time in the bottom tier of the Football League than any other team. The Joy of Six: celebrating unglamorous football clubs 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Three weeks ago, he dismissed critics who have advanced what he called “half-baked ideas” that amounted to “a bunch of mumbo jumbo.” U.S. Debating Ways to Shield Syrian Civilians 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z That drew a disdainful response from President Obama, who described such proposals as “mumbo jumbo” and hinted that Ms. Clinton’s declaration was mere campaign rhetoric. Hillary Clinton was right to speak up on Syria 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z He told a White House news conference, "Typically, what you get is a bunch of mumbo jumbo." Obama dismissive of candidates' ideas for dealing with crisis in Syria, even Clinton's 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z “And typically, what you get is a bunch of mumbo jumbo,” he said. U.S. will not directly confront Russia in Syria, Obama says 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z He said their ideas tend to be "half-baked" and "a bunch of mumbo jumbo." Obama challenges Clinton, other 2016 candidates on Syria for 'half-baked' ideas 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z At a press conference Friday afternoon at the White House, Obama criticized Republicans for proposing “mumbo jumbo” and “half-baked ideas” on the Syrian civil war. President Obama responds to Hillary Clinton's Syria stance 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z The delay is the result of rights and release issues, or what Burnett calls in the notes that accompany the release, “legal mumbo jumbo.” Watch a Clip From a Long-Lost 'The Carol Burnett Show' Episode 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z "The delay in executing these two is just nuts because it didn't have anything to do with their guilt. It was legal mumbo jumbo nonsense." Missouri man faces execution 26 years after 15-year-old victim was kidnapped, raped, killed 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z She said the term was “mumbo jumbo to most people on the jury right now.” Amid Trial Over Silk Road, an Online Black Market, a Debate Over Emojis 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z At first, Lou’s self-improvement mumbo jumbo - he’s formed a “business plan” based on inspirational stuff he’s found online - is funny. Review: Jake Gyllenhaal, tightly coiled and creepy 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z “A Return to Love“ — An atheist comic friend, who I had a 48-hour-romance with, recommended this book to me and told me just to ignore “all the Holy Spirit mumbo jumbo.” 30 Self-Help Books That Permanently Changed My Life 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z It sounds a little like corporate mumbo jumbo, and it sent investors into a frenzy. Deal Professor: Answers to a Puzzling Deal at Alibaba Remain in the Shadows 2014-01-28T23:08:33Z “I didn’t want a lot of mumbo jumbo,” he says. This Land: A Dealer Serving Life Without Having Taken One 2013-12-21T23:35:47Z It’s all meaningless pseudo-psychological mumbo jumbo, and adds precisely zero to a true understanding of a candidate’s ability to do the job you’re hiring for. 3 Things You Should Basically Never, Ever Say 2013-12-13T16:46:58Z JFK’s death has become an entirely arbitrary dividing line between the old and the new days when the privileged set was confronted with all that in-your-face feminism and racial-equality mumbo jumbo. Five Reasons People Under 50 Are Sick of JFK Mania 2013-11-19T10:45:08Z “Now you think about technique and all this mumbo jumbo, and you forget to play the game.” Superior Short Game Takes a 49-Year-Old Golfer Only So Far 2013-06-28T02:27:29Z You are thinking that this sounds like complete mumbo jumbo and bears no relation to the real world. Britain is a lab rat for George Osborne's austerity programme experiment 2013-05-26T12:05:32Z Technical analysts climbed aboard and ranted their mumbo jumbo about moving average breakdowns, Fibonacci retracements, waves and cycles and on and on. Apple: What's It Really Worth 2013-03-27T12:54:52Z No, this isn't some mumbo jumbo religious junk. How to Work When You Feel Like Crap 2013-02-13T13:40:16Z And if you ask them to describe their own company’s culture, don’t be surprised if you get some new-age mumbo jumbo or even a blank stare. Why Perks Aren't Company Culture 2012-12-26T13:29:44Z I don't want to hear that familiar Mariners mumbo jumbo that Hamilton didn't want to come to Seattle, didn't like the geography or the climate or the new Ferris wheel. Mariners should have done whatever it took to sign Josh Hamilton 2012-12-14T01:59:04Z Belle Likover, a 92-year-old seniors advocate in Shaker Heights, Ohio, led the Ohio Department of Aging’s advisory council last year, and she is not easily deterred by government mumbo jumbo. The New Old Age Blog: A Benefits Statement You Can Read 2012-05-09T19:51:20Z This isn’t science, but science-y sounding mumbo jumbo to make a marketing point. No, You Don't Love Your iPhone In That Way 2011-10-02T13:40:22Z Theirs was an interesting document, written in smooth, accessible language, free of the legal mumbo jumbo that often litters such pages. City Room: In Messy Strauss-Kahn Case, a Glimpse of a Working Justice System 2011-08-23T13:22:39Z And so in place of mumbo jumbo, there are pranks. For ThinkGeek, April Fool's Profits Are No Laughing Matter 2011-04-01T20:00:00Z "Jabbering about hurts, fears and emotional mumbo jumbo is one of the great privileges of two friends talking," Darla emphasizes. Why early sex wrecks dating relationships 2011-01-24T17:05:04Z Is the delay tactics just legal mumbo jumbo? Economix: Answers to Your Questions on the Foreclosure Crisis, Part II 2010-10-21T16:12:00Z Addressing students on Friday, Dr. Politzer described quantum mechanics as “monkey business” and “mumbo jumbo.” A Nobel Laureate Returns Home to Bronx Science 2010-10-16T04:40:00Z In his address to the students Friday, Dr. Politzer described quantum mechanics as “monkey business” and “mumbo jumbo.” City Room: At Bronx Science, a Nobel Homecoming 2010-10-15T21:58:00Z But it is nothing compared to Broun’s embrace of conspiracy mumbo jumbo -- implying that even a former Republican president, George H. W. Bush, was part of a plot to destroy America from within. The right-wing congressman made for the Obama age 2010-08-31T11:01:00Z “It’s mumbo jumbo; it’s magic words; it’s abracadabra,” Ms. MacNab said. Antigovernment Rage for Father and Son in Police Shooting 2010-05-24T02:53:00Z “Let’s have an up-or-down vote on this bill and not hide behind some procedural mumbo jumbo,” Mr. Poe said. Democrats Consider New Moves for Health Bill 2010-03-17T03:53:00Z To anyone else it would have been sheer mumbo jumbo, but her believers went away in ecstasy after carefully copying her words. The Year When Stardust Fell He said abruptly, "Have you had any suspicions about the reason for the secretive mumbo jumbo?" Gone Fishing All that mumbo jumbo was getting him down, that was all. The Doorway There's no mumbo jumbo about it, in my opinion. The Grey Room |
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