meretricious

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英[?mer??tr???s]
美[?m?r??tr???s]

基本釋義

adj.
俗艷的,華而不實(shí)的; 俗不可耐

實(shí)用例句

...vulgar, meretricious and shabby souvenirs.

俗氣花哨、質(zhì)量低劣的紀(jì)念品

A wooden building painted to look like marble is meretricious.

一座漆得像大理石般的木制建筑物外表是美麗的.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

Her room was painted in meretricious technicolour.

她的房間刷著俗艷的顏色。

辭典例句

英英釋義

Adjective
  • 1. like or relating to a prostitute;

    "meretricious relationships"

  • 2. tastelessly showy;

    "a flash car"

    "a flashy ring"

    "garish colors"

    "a gaudy costume"

    "loud sport shirts"

    "a meretricious yet stylish book"

    "tawdry ornaments"

  • 3. based on pretense; deceptively pleasing;

    "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"

    "meretricious praise"

    "a meretricious argument"

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