meretricious

GRE

英[ˌmerəˈtrɪʃəs]
美[ˌmɛrɪˈtrɪʃəs]

基本释义

adj.
俗艳的,华而不实的; 俗不可耐

实用例句

...vulgar, meretricious and shabby souvenirs.

俗气花哨、质量低劣的纪念品

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.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Her room was painted in meretricious technicolour.

她的房间刷着俗艳的颜色。

辞典例句

英英释义

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"

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