words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group of people, and are difficult for others to understand 行话;行业术语;切口 medical/legal/computer, etc. jargon 医学、法律、计算机等术语 Try to avoid using too much technical jargon. 尽量避免使用太多的技术用语。
Extra ExamplesHer emails are always couched in jargon. 她的电子邮件里总是术语成堆。 He always speaks in obscure legal jargon. 他说话总是用一些晦涩的法律术语。 The report seemed to be written in computer jargon. 这份报告似乎是用计算机术语写成的。
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.