meretricious
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌmer.ɪˈtrɪʃ.əs]
- 美式音标 [ˌmer.əˈtrɪʃ.əs]
- 国际音标 [,meri'triʃəs]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.華而不實的;俗豔的;似是而非的
英汉例句
- Of the meretricious splendour I had heard so much there is not a trace.
我聽到過很多對此地豪華裝飾的描述,但是我找不到一絲這樣的痕跡。 - Most of the other issues swirling in the lawyer-soldier tornado are either trivial or meretricious.
律師和軍人爭論的大部分其他問題或者瑣碎或者華而不實。 - Everywhere there are meretricious actions and opportunism; everywhere there is an expectation of simple orders.
到処勃發著浮華和機遇,到処期待著樸素的秩序。
blog.sina.com.cn - There is a boring Luca Giordano and a meretricious pair of Mel Ramos breasts.
ECONOMIST: Maastricht art fair: The party of the century The - He believed in beauty, recognised it in women and, amid the meretricious, created his share of it.
ECONOMIST: Yves Saint Laurent, couturier, died on June 1st, aged 71
雙語例句
權威例句
词组短语
- meretricious ornamentation 俗氣的裝飾
- meretricious a 華而不實的
- meretricious praise 言不由衷的恭維
- a meretricious style 華而不實的文躰
- a meretricious yet stylish book 俗不可耐但卻時髦的書;華而不實的服裝
短語
英英字典
- seeming attractive but really false or of little value
- If you describe something as meretricious, you disapprove of it because although it looks attractive it is actually of little value.