meretricious的中文翻譯是什麼意思
meretricious
US/ˌmɛrɪˈtrɪʃəs/
UK/ˌmerəˈtrɪʃəs/
adj. 俗豔的，華而不實的; 俗不可耐
meretricious的柯林斯釋義
ADJ-GRADED華而不實的;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.
俗氣花哨、質量低劣的紀念品
meretricious的英文釋義
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
meretricious的場景例句
A wooden building painted to look like marble is meretricious.
一座漆得像大理石般的木製建築物外表是美麗的.
Her room was painted in meretricious technicolour.
她的房間刷著俗豔的顏色。