hocus-pocus

noun

1. 骗人的鬼话；花招；骗术
   language or behaviour that is nonsense and is intended to hide the truth from people

1. N-UNCOUNT 花招;把戏;骗术
   If you describe something as hocus-pocus, you disapprove of it because you think it is false and intended to trick or deceive people.
   1. It is unlikely he would have mistaken hocus-pocus for genuine knowledge.
      他不可能把骗人的把戏错当成真正的知识。

1. It is unlikely he would have mistaken hocus-pocus for genuine knowledge.
   他不可能把骗人的把戏错当成真正的知识。
2. I don't believe in ghosts, it's all hocus-pocus!
   我不相信鬼魂，都是迷信。
3. This encourages firms to cut tax bills via two related types of hocus-pocus.
   这事实上鼓励了这些公司用两种相关的技巧来减少纳税。
4. It is just as likely that he was a charlatan peddling hocus-pocus.
   他过去恰恰很可能是个挨家挨户行骗的江湖医生。
5. And no amount of financial hocus-pocus for that is what the Geithner plan amounts to will change that fact.
   哪怕有再多的花言巧语（即使有盖氏计划那么多）也无法改变这一事实。
6. Like so many academics, he hides behind a lot of unfathomable hocus-pocus.
   和许多学者一样，他隐藏在一大堆高深莫测、故弄玄虚的语言背后。
7. My daughter loves going to see magic tricks, I do not have the heart to tell her it's all hocus-pocus.
   我女儿喜欢看魔术。但我不忍心告诉她其实那都是骗人的。
8. But besides the carnival and hocus-pocus, this book also considers deeper questions about life and fate.
   但是除了有狂欢和哄骗，这本书也深入思考了关于人生与命运的问题。
9. I just don't believe in all this hocus-pocus.
   我只是不信这些胡扯。

noun

1. verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

   Synonym:    trickeryslicknesshanky pankyjiggery-pokeryskulduggeryskullduggery