rigmarole

We had to go through the rigmarole of installing, registering, and activating the software before we found out it wouldn't work.我们不得不完成了安装、注册并激活软件的繁复程序，之后才发现这软件无法运行。

He just told us what to do without all the usual rigamarole.他只告诉我们要做什么，没有通常那些拉拉杂杂的废话。