meretricious是什么意思？

meretricious

英[ˌmerəˈtrɪʃəs] 美[ˌmɛrɪˈtrɪʃəs]

• adj. 俗艳的，华而不实的，俗不可耐；

例句

• meretricious ornamentation 俗气的装饰
• meretricious praise 言不由衷的恭维
• a meretricious style 华而不实的文体
• longueurs and passages of meretricious vulgarity 乏味的段落和极其庸俗的章节
• Her room was painted in meretricious technicolour. 她的房间刷着俗艳的颜色。
• 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.
• ...vulgar, meretricious and shabby souvenirs. 俗气花哨、质量低劣的纪念品

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• 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.
  例句
  ...vulgar, meretricious and shabby souvenirs. 俗气花哨、质量低劣的纪念品

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  俗艳的,华而不实的
  a meretricious style 华而不实的文体 meretricious praise 言不由衷的恭维 meretricious ornamentation 俗气的装饰 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。

英英词典释义

• 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"