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huffery-puffery

H 开头单词

基本解释

  • n.夸夸其谈的讲话

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英汉例句

  • Puffery: Flattering, often exaggerated praise and publicity, especially when used for promotional purposes.
    吹捧:尤指用于促销的常是夸张的赞扬和宣传。
  • It's all puffery and nonsense that can constrain and damage the mind and a life.
    谁如果说这样的生活会压抑和损伤脑力和生命力，那绝对是胡说八道。
  • Western courts tend to dismiss the claims of real estate agents as "mere puffery".
    西方的法院倾向于驳回房地产商的申诉而仅仅因“夸大其词”。
  • The satirical magazine Spy threw darts at all the puffery of the era, and was especially fast to disdain the gaudy arrivistes in favor of dandruff-flecked Old Money.
    一家叫《窥视》的讽刺杂志对那一时代的浮夸风大肆抨击，尤其鄙视那些爱炫耀的暴发户，认为那些老富翁更有品味，尽管他们的头发上有头屑。
  • Might participants develop a non-conscious positive association with the department store, even after rejecting the ad as meaningless puffery?
    参与者虽然对广告中毫无意义的马屁嗤之以鼻，但他们会在不知不觉中对这家百货公司产生好感吗？