meretricious

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• 英式音标 [ˌmer.ɪˈtrɪʃ.əs]
• 美式音标 [ˌmer.əˈtrɪʃ.əs]
• 国际音标 [,meri'triʃəs]
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基本解释

• adj.华而不实的；俗艳的；似是而非的

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英汉例句

双语例句

• Of the meretricious splendour I had heard so much there is not a trace.
  我听到过很多对此地豪华装饰的描述，但是我找不到一丝这样的痕迹。
• Most of the other issues swirling in the lawyer-soldier tornado are either trivial or meretricious.
  律师和军人争论的大部分其他问题或者琐碎或者华而不实。
• Everywhere there are meretricious actions and opportunism; everywhere there is an expectation of simple orders.
  到处勃发着浮华和机遇，到处期待着朴素的秩序。
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权威例句

• There is a boring Luca Giordano and a meretricious pair of Mel Ramos breasts.
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• 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

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词组短语

短语

• meretricious ornamentation 俗气的装饰
• meretricious a 华而不实的
• meretricious praise 言不由衷的恭维
• a meretricious style 华而不实的文体
• a meretricious yet stylish book 俗不可耐但却时髦的书;华而不实的服装

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• seeming attractive but really false or of little value

柯林斯英英字典

• If you describe something as meretricious, you disapprove of it because although it looks attractive it is actually of little value.

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