alphabet soup
US /ˈæl.fə.bet ˌsuːp/
UK /ˈæl.fə.bet ˌsuːp/
1.
字母湯
a soup containing pasta in the shape of letters of the alphabet
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The kids always ask for alphabet soup for lunch.
孩子們午餐總是點字母湯。
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She carefully picked out the letters from her alphabet soup.
她小心翼翼地從她的字母湯中挑出字母。
2.
字母湯, 令人費解的縮寫或行話
a confusing or meaningless mixture of acronyms, abbreviations, or jargon
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The government report was just alphabet soup, full of obscure acronyms.
這份政府報告簡直是字母湯，充滿了晦澀難懂的縮寫。
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His presentation was so full of technical jargon, it sounded like alphabet soup to me.
他的演講充滿了技術術語，對我來說就像是字母湯。