meretricious的中文翻译是什么意思
meretricious
US/ˌmɛrɪˈtrɪʃəs/
UK/ˌmerəˈtrɪʃəs/
adj. 俗艳的，华而不实的; 俗不可耐
meretricious的柯林斯释义
ADJ-GRADED华而不实的;徒有其表的
If you describe something as meretricious, you disapprove of it because although it looks attractive it is actually of little value.
...vulgar, meretricious and shabby souvenirs.
俗气花哨、质量低劣的纪念品
meretricious的英文释义
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
meretricious的场景例句
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丽的.
Her room was painted in meretricious technicolour.
她的房间刷着俗艳的颜色。