psychobabble

英 [ˈsaɪkəʊbæbl] 美 [ˈsaɪkoʊbæbl]

n.  心理学呓语(谈论感情问题时使用的用词深奥但空洞的语言)

COCA.34267



牛津词典

noun

  1. 心理学呓语(谈论感情问题时使用的用词深奥但空洞的语言)
    the language that people use when they talk about feelings and emotional problems, that sounds very scientific, but really has little meaning

    柯林斯词典

    1. N-UNCOUNT 心理学呓语(在谈论情感或行为时用词深奥但空洞的语言)
      If you refer to language about people's feelings or behaviour as psychobabble, you mean that it is very complicated and perhaps meaningless.
      1. Beneath the sentimental psychobabble, there's a likeable movie trying to get out.
        在多愁善感的心理学呓语之下,一部本有可能受到喜爱的电影挣扎欲出。

    双语例句

    1. Beneath the sentimental psychobabble, there's a likeable movie trying to get out.
      在多愁善感的心理学呓语之下,一部本有可能受到喜爱的电影挣扎欲出。
    2. A decade of psychobabble, coaching and 360-degree feedback has made no difference. It has not changed the most basic truth: people never speak truth to power.
      多年的心理治疗、辅导和360度反馈等沟通措施没有带来任何变化,最基本的事实仍未改变:人们从来不对掌权者说真话。

    英英释义

    noun

    1. using language loaded with psychological terminology