alphabet soup
US /ˈæl.fə.bet ˌsuːp/
UK /ˈæl.fə.bet ˌsuːp/
1.
字母汤
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.
孩子们午餐总是要字母汤。
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She carefully picked out the letters from her alphabet soup.
她小心翼翼地从她的字母汤中挑出字母。
2.
字母汤, 令人费解的缩写或行话
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.
这份政府报告简直是字母汤，充满了晦涩难懂的缩写。
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His presentation was so full of technical jargon, it sounded like alphabet soup to me.
他的演讲充满了技术术语，对我来说就像是字母汤。