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英语单词 jargon
英美音标 英 ['dʒɑːɡən] 美 ['dʒɑːrɡən]
中文释义 n.行话
vi.说行话
英语例句 (1) Expert often confuse laymen with their jargon.
(2) Scientists are notoriously fond of jargon.
中文例句 (1) 专家们常常用行话把外行弄得稀里糊涂。
(2) 科学家爱用行话到了声名狼藉的地步。
vocabulary简明 Jargon usually means the specialized language used by people in the same work or profession. Internet advertising jargon includes the new words "click throughs" and "page views."
vocabulary扩展 This noun can also refer to language that uses long sentences and hard words. If you say that someone's speech or writing is full of jargon, this means you don't approve of it and think it should be simplified. In Middle English, this word referred to chattering, so its origin is probably imitative: it echoes the sound of chatter or meaningless words.
柯林斯解释
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]行话;行业术语;黑话 You use jargon to refer to words and expressions that are used in special or technical ways by particular groups of people, often making the language difficult to understand.
  • The manual is full of the jargon and slang of self-improvement courses.

    手册里满是有关自修课程的行话术语。

  • ...the reading habits of 600,000 C2 males (marketing jargon for skilled manual workers).

    60万C2男性的阅读习惯(C2为销售行业行话,指从事体力劳动的熟练工人)

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