words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group of people, and are difficult for others to understand 行話;行業術語;切口 medical/legal/computer, etc. jargon 醫學、法律、計算機等術語 Try to avoid using too much technical jargon. 盡量避免使用太多的技術用語。
Extra ExamplesHer emails are always couched in jargon. 她的電子郵件裏總是術語成堆。 He always speaks in obscure legal jargon. 他說話總是用一些晦澀的法律術語。 The report seemed to be written in computer jargon. 這份報告似乎是用計算機術語寫成的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- current
- impenetrable
- incomprehensible
- …
- piece
- speak
- speak in
- use
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- in jargon
- jargon for
Word Originlate Middle English (originally in the sense ‘twittering, chattering’, later ‘gibberish’): from Old French jargoun, of unknown origin. The main sense dates from the mid 17th cent.