Jump through hoops.
/dʒʌmp θruː huːps/
Jump through hoops.
/dʒʌmp θruː huːps/
當你聽到 "Jump through hoops",這表示某人必須做出許多困難的努力或完成一系列複雜的任務才能達成目標。這個短語來源於馬戲團表演,其中表演動物需跳過多個圈圈。在日常生活中,這可能指任何感覺像是不必要的或過分複雜的程序。
To get his license, he had to jump through hoops at the DMV.
為了獲得駕照,他必須在車輛管理局完成一系列繁瑣的程序。
Applicants often have to jump through hoops to prove their qualifications.
申請者常常需要經歷一系列繁瑣的程序來證明自己的資格。
She wasn't ready to jump through hoops just to secure a minor role in the play.
她不願意為了得到一個小角色而進行一系列繁瑣的程序。