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单词 jargon
释义

jargon1

noun ˈdʒɑːɡ(ə)nˈdʒɑrɡən
mass noun
  • 1Special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand.

    legal jargon
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In fact ask any management specialist, from any sector, to exclude every word of jargon from a conversation, and there is likely to be silence.
    • I also get the sense that some lawyers think baffling legal jargon and tortured syntax will impress their clients.
    • Many hospitals, for instance, make a professional available to go over the records with the patient, who might not understand the medical jargon therein.
    • There are three main reasons consumers do not compare financial products: misguided loyalty, inertia and an inability to understand financial jargon.
    • Bunett's prose is often loaded with arty jargon and heavyweight expressions that are virtually incomprehensible.
    • The substitution of a clear word for euphemistic jargon is found in all forms of manufactured communication, but is perhaps most often used by the military.
    • One major obstacle remains: trials are still conducted in technical jargon that juries find difficult to understand and which prosecutors find difficult to establish as an overwhelming case.
    • Cold and clinical to the point of boredom, filled with emotionless commentary and business jargon, it was difficult to tell what effect this character was meant to have.
    • Lay persons shouldn't be expected to understand medical jargon or complex terminology.
    • Some visitors to your website may be from outside your industry and may not understand some of the jargon or acronyms.
    • But yesterday the Government's response was said to be so full of difficult wording and jargon that it was impossible to know what it said.
    • When investing long term, you need to steer clear of plans that are difficult to understand or packed with jargon, have high charges or are inflexible and lock you in with penalties.
    • The IT&T industry is rife with acronyms, catchphrases and jargon.
    • This is the essential function of a cliché, and of cant and jargon; to neutralise expression and ‘vanish memory’.
    • They have used words and jargon that ordinary people can't understand as a way of preserving and extending their power while excluding the vast majority of the population.
    • Jargon is a kind of SHORTHAND that makes long explanations unnecessary.
    • Lord Woolf's challenge to the legal profession comes after he replaced the traditional trappings of Latin phrases and legal jargon as part of a review of civil courts.
    • I don't understand all the technical jargon, but do agree with the general gist of maintaining freedom of communication outside the oppression of big business monopolies.
    • Remember your international visitors by avoiding regional word usage or technical jargon that could alienate.
    • His invitation to the applicant to put an application under section 38 of the Evidence Act is couched in legal jargon, not in plain words.
    Synonyms
    specialized language, technical language, slang, cant, idiom, argot, patter, patois, vernacular
    computerese, legalese, bureaucratese, journalese, psychobabble
    unintelligible language, obscure language, gobbledegook, gibberish, double Dutch
    informal lingo, -speak, -ese, mumbo jumbo, geekspeak
    1. 1.1archaic A form of language regarded as barbarous, debased, or hybrid.

Derivatives

  • jargonistic

  • adjectiveˌdʒɑːɡəˈnɪstɪkˌdʒɑrɡəˈnɪstɪk
    • (of language) specialized and therefore difficult to understand.

      obscure and jargonistic text is not informative
      Example sentencesExamples
      • a jargonistic description of the musical process
      • The man who helped to change the face of literary studies despised what he calls here ‘jaw-shattering jargonistic postmodernism’, and gave up reading cultural theory years earlier.
      • Obscure and jargonistic text is not informative.
      • In the end, they resort to jargonistic platforms and abstract slogans about democracy that are unappealing to the public.
  • jargonic

  • adjective -ˈɡɒnɪk

Origin

Late 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 century.

  • Modern life is full of jargon, language used by a particular group that is difficult for other people to understand. It comes from Old French jargoun ‘the warbling of birds’, and in medieval English meant ‘twittering, chattering’ and also ‘gibberish’. Our current sense had developed by the 17th century. See also chat

jargon2

(also jargoon)
noun ˈdʒɑːɡ(ə)nˈdʒɑrɡɑn
mass noun
  • A translucent, colourless, or smoky gem variety of zircon.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He is presented with a belt whose clasp is ornamented with jargoon, a kind of yellowish stone.
    • Anyway, when Teal made his comment, I guess that is when she realized the tennis bracelet was ‘real’ instead of the jargoon they make everything out of (not that I don't like jargoon, even the artificial stuff they call zirconium, but diamonds just seemed nicer).
    • In India today the jargoon is sold as a stone which protects the wearer from poison and evil spirits.
    • The terms jacinth and jargoon refer to zircons in the old names of the stones.
    • The zircon, hyacinth, jacinth, or jargoon belong to the tetragonal system of crystallization.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from French, from Italian giargone; probably ultimately related to zircon.

 
 

jargon1

nounˈdʒɑrɡənˈjärɡən
  • 1Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.

    legal jargon
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Cold and clinical to the point of boredom, filled with emotionless commentary and business jargon, it was difficult to tell what effect this character was meant to have.
    • Remember your international visitors by avoiding regional word usage or technical jargon that could alienate.
    • Lay persons shouldn't be expected to understand medical jargon or complex terminology.
    • Many hospitals, for instance, make a professional available to go over the records with the patient, who might not understand the medical jargon therein.
    • When investing long term, you need to steer clear of plans that are difficult to understand or packed with jargon, have high charges or are inflexible and lock you in with penalties.
    • This is the essential function of a cliché, and of cant and jargon; to neutralise expression and ‘vanish memory’.
    • Bunett's prose is often loaded with arty jargon and heavyweight expressions that are virtually incomprehensible.
    • But yesterday the Government's response was said to be so full of difficult wording and jargon that it was impossible to know what it said.
    • Jargon is a kind of SHORTHAND that makes long explanations unnecessary.
    • The substitution of a clear word for euphemistic jargon is found in all forms of manufactured communication, but is perhaps most often used by the military.
    • His invitation to the applicant to put an application under section 38 of the Evidence Act is couched in legal jargon, not in plain words.
    • Lord Woolf's challenge to the legal profession comes after he replaced the traditional trappings of Latin phrases and legal jargon as part of a review of civil courts.
    • Some visitors to your website may be from outside your industry and may not understand some of the jargon or acronyms.
    • The IT&T industry is rife with acronyms, catchphrases and jargon.
    • In fact ask any management specialist, from any sector, to exclude every word of jargon from a conversation, and there is likely to be silence.
    • One major obstacle remains: trials are still conducted in technical jargon that juries find difficult to understand and which prosecutors find difficult to establish as an overwhelming case.
    • There are three main reasons consumers do not compare financial products: misguided loyalty, inertia and an inability to understand financial jargon.
    • They have used words and jargon that ordinary people can't understand as a way of preserving and extending their power while excluding the vast majority of the population.
    • I don't understand all the technical jargon, but do agree with the general gist of maintaining freedom of communication outside the oppression of big business monopolies.
    • I also get the sense that some lawyers think baffling legal jargon and tortured syntax will impress their clients.
    Synonyms
    specialized language, technical language, slang, cant, idiom, argot, patter, patois, vernacular
    1. 1.1archaic A form of language regarded as barbarous, debased, or hybrid.

Origin

Late 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 century.

jargon2

(also jargoon)
nounˈjärɡänˈdʒɑrɡɑn
  • A translucent, colorless, or smoky gem variety of zircon.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He is presented with a belt whose clasp is ornamented with jargoon, a kind of yellowish stone.
    • Anyway, when Teal made his comment, I guess that is when she realized the tennis bracelet was ‘real’ instead of the jargoon they make everything out of (not that I don't like jargoon, even the artificial stuff they call zirconium, but diamonds just seemed nicer).
    • The zircon, hyacinth, jacinth, or jargoon belong to the tetragonal system of crystallization.
    • The terms jacinth and jargoon refer to zircons in the old names of the stones.
    • In India today the jargoon is sold as a stone which protects the wearer from poison and evil spirits.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from French, from Italian giargone; probably ultimately related to zircon.

 
 
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