claptrap是什么意思？

claptrap

英[ˈklæptræp] 美[ˈklæpˌtræp]

• n. 讨好的言语或行为；
• adj. 应景的，讨好的；

例句

• Don't believe that political claptrap. 不要相信政客说的空话.
• What a load of claptrap! 废话真多!
• This is the claptrap that politicians have peddled many times before. 这是政客们宣扬过无数次的废话。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  夸夸其谈;哗众取宠的空谈；蠢话
  If you describe something that someone says as claptrap, you mean that it is stupid or foolish although it may sound important.
  例句
  This is the claptrap that politicians have peddled many times before. 这是政客们宣扬过无数次的废话。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. pompous or pretentious talk or writing