meretricious基本解释
adj.华而不实的；俗艳的；似是而非的
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副词: meretriciously 名词: meretriciousness
meretricious
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adj.华而不实的；俗艳的；似是而非的
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副词: meretriciously 名词: meretriciousness
adj
1. based on pretense
deceptively pleasing
e.g. the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility
meretricious praise
a meretricious argument
Synonym: gildedspecious
2. tastelessly showy
e.g. a flash car
a flashy ring
garish colors
a gaudy costume
loud sport shirts
a meretricious yet stylish book
tawdry ornaments
Synonym: brassycheapflashflashygarishgaudygimcrackloudtackytattytawdrytrashy
3. like or relating to a prostitute
e.g. meretricious relationships
1. 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.
e.g. ...vulgar, meretricious and shabby souvenirs.
俗气花哨、质量低劣的纪念品
1. 俗气的：merely 仅仅 | meretricious 俗气的 | merganser 秋沙鸭
2. meretricious
2. 娼妓的：merergasiameroergasia 轻精神病 | meretricious 娼妓的 | meretricious 华丽而庸俗的
3. 华丽而庸俗的：meretricious 娼妓的 | meretricious 华丽而庸俗的 | mergefield 合并字段
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4. 华而不实的,俗艳的：mendicant 行乞的n. 乞丐 | meretricious 华而不实的,俗艳的 | metamorphose 使变形,使变质
It is possible to be sentimental, meretricious and even downright dishonest in painting or in music.
出自：Rosemary ManningLike a stage set after the lights have been turned off, Key West had lost its meretricious charm.
出自：A. Lurie
