[N-VAR 可变名词]热带丛林；密林 A jungle is a forest in a tropical country where large numbers of tall trees and plants grow very close together.
...the mountains and jungles of Papua New Guinea...
巴布亚新几内亚的山脉和丛林
The mountain area is covered entirely in dense jungle.
山区完全掩映在茂密的丛林中。
...a remote jungle area.
偏远的丛林地带
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[N-SING 单数名词]堆满东西的地方；杂乱无章的地方 If you describe a place as a jungle, you are emphasizing that it is full of lots of things and very untidy.
[with supp]
[emphasis]
...a jungle of stuffed birds, knick-knacks, potted plants.
堆满了鸟类标本、小摆设和盆栽植物的乱七八糟的地方
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[N-SING 单数名词]复杂困难的境况；尔虞我诈的环境 If you describe a situation as a jungle, you dislike it because it is complicated and difficult to get what you want from it.
[with supp]
[disapproval]
Social security law and procedure remain a jungle of complex rules.
有关社会保障的法律和程序仍旧是个充满错综复杂的规则的危险领域。
...the examination jungle.
竞争激烈的考试
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[PHRASE 短语]丛林法则；弱肉强食的原则 If you refer to the law of the jungle, you are referring to a situation in which there are no laws or rules to govern the way that people behave and people use force to get what they want.
[disapproval]
If you make aggression pay, this becomes the law of the jungle...
如果你通过侵略谋取利益，这就成了弱肉强食。
The law of the jungle demands: kill or be killed.
丛林法则要求的是：杀戮或者被杀。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]丛林音乐（一种有着快节奏鼓点的舞曲）Jungle is a style of dance music with a fast drum beat.
Oxford
jun·gle/ˈdʒʌŋɡl; NAmEˈdʒʌŋɡl/noun1[uncountable , countable ]an area of tropical forest where trees and plants grow very thickly （热带）丛林，密林◆The area was covered in dense jungle.这个地区丛林密布。◆the jungles of South-East Asia东南亚热带丛林◆jungle warfare丛林战◆Our garden is a complete jungle.我们的花园杂草丛生。2[singular ]an unfriendly or dangerous place or situation, especially one where it is very difficult to be successful or to trust anyone 尔虞我诈的环境；危险地带◆It's a jungle out there—you've got to be strong to succeed.那是个弱肉强食的地方，要成功就得是强者。☞see also
concrete jungle
3(alsoˈjungle music)[uncountable ]a type of electronic dance music developed in Britain in the early 1990s, which has a fast drum beat and a strong slower bassbeat 丛林音乐（20 世纪 90 年代初发端于英国的一种伴以快速鼓点及强劲慢速低音节拍的电子舞曲）IDIOMsee
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junglejunglesjun·gle/ˈdʒʌŋɡl; NAmEˈdʒʌŋɡl/
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junglejun‧gle /ˈdʒʌŋɡəl/ ●●○ noun
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1[countable, uncountable] a thick tropical forest with many large plants growing very close together: the Amazon jungle► see thesaurus at
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2[singular] a situation in which it is difficult to become successful or get what you want, especially because a lot of people are competing with each other: the media jungle3[singular] something that is very untidy, complicated, or confusingjungle of a jungle of freeways and highways4[uncountable] a type of very fast dance music →
concrete jungle
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