rigamarole
noun (North American English)(also rigmarole British and North American English)
[uncountable, singular]a long and complicated process that is annoying and seems unnecessary （不必要的）冗長複雜的手續 I couldn't face the whole rigamarole of getting a work permit again. 我無法面對再次獲得工作許可的全部困難。
a long and complicated story 冗長曲折的故事 She turned up an hour late with some rigamarole about catching the wrong bus. 她遲到了一個小時，說了些關於乘錯車的套話。