If you describe something such as clothes or decorations as tawdry, you mean that they are cheap and show a lack of taste.
例句
...tawdry jewellery.廉价珠宝
ADJ-GRADED
(故事、事件)令人讨厌的,卑鄙的,不道德的
If you describe something such as a story or an event as tawdry, you mean that it is unpleasant or immoral.
例句
...the yawning gulf between her fantasies and the tawdry reality.她的幻想和冷酷的现实之间的巨大差距...the tawdry business of day-to-day bartering and bargaining.日复一日做交易讨价还价,让人不胜其烦
英汉词典释义
adj.
俗丽的,华而不实的
a tawdry imitation价廉而俗丽的仿制品tawdry ornaments花哨而不值钱的装饰品
英英词典释义
Adjective
1. tastelessly showy;
"a flash car""a flashy ring""garish colors""a gaudy costume""loud sport shirts""a meretricious yet stylish book""tawdry ornaments"
2. cheap and shoddy;
"cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist