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meretricious

meretricious
[英] [ˌmerɪˈtrɪʃəs] [美] [ˌmɛrɪˈtrɪʃəs] 生词本

adj.

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1. 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. 

  • ...vulgar, meretricious and shabby souvenirs.

    俗气花哨、质量低劣的纪念品

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"
1. 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。

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