橘子朗文词典

meretricious

M 开头单词GRE词汇

音标发音

  • 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

同根派生

     

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.
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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

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.