something is hogwash
可用 pure 或 total 加强语气。
His explanation is pure hogwash.
他的解释纯粹是废话。
胡扯；废话
泔水；猪食；喂猪的固体和液体食物残渣混合物；泔水。；胡说八道,荒唐的言论；泔脚
Foolish or false talk; nonsense.
喂猪的固体和液体食物残渣混合物；泔水。
A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs; swill.
胡说八道,荒唐的言论
unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
The politician's speech was nothing but hogwash.
那个政客的演讲纯属废话。
用法提示：此处 hogwash 作名词，意为‘废话’、‘荒谬的言论’。
Don't believe that article; it's absolute hogwash.
别相信那篇文章，完全是胡扯。
用法提示：hogwash 用于否定虚假信息，意为‘胡说’。
He tried to sell me a product with claims that were pure hogwash.
他试图向我推销一个产品，其宣传完全是空话。
用法提示：纯属(hogwash)强调内容虚假无意义。
可用 pure 或 total 加强语气。
His explanation is pure hogwash.
他的解释纯粹是废话。
常用于正式语境。
She dismissed the rumors as hogwash.
她将这些谣言斥为废话。
非正式表达。
The critics called the movie hogwash.
评论家称这部电影是垃圾。
grammar · medium
易错句子He hogwashed about his achievements.
正确表达He talked hogwash about his achievements.
Hogwash 是名词，不可用作动词。改为 talk hogwash 保持原意。
grammar · medium
易错句子He told many hogwashes.
正确表达He told a lot of hogwash.
Hogwash 是不可数名词，没有复数形式。用 a lot of 代替 many。
nonsense泛指无逻辑或无意义的话，hogwash特指荒谬虚假的言论，语气更强
rubbish是英式口语，可指废话或垃圾，而hogwash是美式口语，专指荒谬言论
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