All that academic rigmarole was a waste of time.
所有的理论上的胡言乱语都是浪费时间。

All that academic rigmarole was a waste of time.
所有那种学究式得空谈全是在浪费时间。

She told me some rigmarole or other having lost her keys.
她跟我说了一大堆冗长的废话，说她怎样丢了钥匙等等。

I don't imagine you want to go through all that rigmarole.
我想你不会愿意经受所有这些烦琐的手续。

I couldn't be bothered to go through the rigmarole of changing clothes.
我不想再费事儿换衣服了。

This was nothing but deceptive, delusional and delirious rigmarole at its stupidest, a trick played on ministers to keep them in line for as long as he could.
而秦二世胡亥则不能扫除草隶之人迁徙之徒而国亡身灭。