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adj.华而不实的⁶⁸;俗艳的¹⁶;似是而非的¹⁶副词meretriciously名词meretriciousness
俗丽粗俗
Adjective:
like or relating to a prostitute;meretricious relationships tastelessly showy;a flash car a flashy ring garish colors a gaudy costume loud sport shirts a meretricious yet stylish book tawdry ornaments based on pretense; deceptively pleasing;the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility meretricious praise a meretricious argument 来自拉丁语meretrix，妓女。来自mereri，挣钱，赚取自己应得的部分。来自原始印欧语*mer, smer，砍，切，分配，词源同merit, polymer。-trix，表阴性，词源同dominatrix。字面意思即赚钱的女人，用于委婉语指妓女。并由此引申多种贬义词义。最终词源可能同market, mercy。 merit来自古法语merite，工资，奖励，神的赐予。来自拉丁语merere，挣得，赚取，应得。来自原始印欧语*smer，分配，划分，部分，词源同polymer, emeritus。字面意思即赚取自己应得的部分，引申词义奖品，精神奖励，神的礼物，并抽象化为功绩，才能，优点等。 polymerpoly-，多，复，聚，-mer，部分，词源同merit, isomer, monomer。 market来自拉丁语mercari，交易，买卖，词源同mercantile, commercial。可能来自意大利特鲁斯坎语。引申词义市场，销售，营销等。 mercy来自古法语merci，礼物，奖品，友善。来自拉丁语merx，商品，物品，词源同market, merchant。原指神对帮助弱者的人给予的礼物或奖励，本质上即通过交换或贸易来鼓励人们行善，后用于指上帝原谅其子民的冒犯和无知，并由此引申词义仁慈，怜悯。GRE红宝书mere = merry, tri = try, cious: 想努力结婚的人－华而不实的.
mere 只不过 + tricks 花样，戏法，诡计，只不过是把戏罢了→华而不实
来自meretrix妓女GRE难词记忆meretricious → meretric=meretrix 娼妓+ious→娼妓的GRE难词记忆meretrix→meretr=to earn money 赚钱+ix→meretrix→meretr=to earn money赚钱+ix⇒来自meretrixn.妓女近义词 flash闪光false假的loud大声的showy鲜艳的tacky发粘的cheap便宜的gaudy俗丽的flashy闪光的vulgar通俗的glitzy闪耀的gilded镀金的tatty不整洁的glib能说善道的brassy似黄铜的trashy垃圾似的deceptive骗人的gimcrack无价值的garish过分装饰的insincere不真诚的superficial表面的specious似是而非的tawdry廉价而俗丽的…persuasive有说服力的plausible似真实合理的…adorned动词adorn的过去式,…deceiving动词deceive的现在…barbaric极其粗野、残忍或残暴的…kitschy艺术上浅薄鄙俗但技巧娴熟…
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用作形容词the books on her father s shelves , the paintings on the walls , the music on the piano - all was just so muchmeretriciousdisplay.她父亲架上的书墙上的画和钢琴上的乐曲至多也不过是些平庸的装饰。adj.gaudy, flashy
同义词 blatant,bogus,brazen,chintzy,counterfeit,garish,glaring,insincere,loud,misleading,ornate,phony,plastic,put on,sham,showy,spurious,superficial,tawdry,tinsel,trashy
反义词 genuine,real,undecorated,unembellished
artificialadjective pretended;affected
assumed,contrived,false,feigned,forced,hollow,insincere,labored,mannered,phony,put on,spurious,theatrical,unnatural
blatantadjective obvious;brazen
arrant,bald,barefaced,brassy,clear,conspicuous,crying,flagrant,flashy,flaunting,garish,gaudy,glaring,glitzy,impudent,loud,meretricious,naked,obtrusive,ostentatious,outright,overbold,overt,plain,prominent,pronounced,protrusive,screaming,shameless,sheer,showy,snazzy,unabashed,unblushing,unmitigated
brazenadjective brash, unashamed
audacious,barefaced,blatant,bold,brassy,cheeky,cocky,contumelious,defiant,flashy,flip,forward,gritty,gutsy,hotshot,immodest,impertinent,impudent,indecent,insolent,loud,meretricious,nervy,overbold,pert,saucy,shameless,smart-alecky,smart-ass,spunky,tawdry,unabashed,unblushing
brummagemadjective gaudy
cheap,chintzy,flashy,garish,glaring,glitzy,loud,meretricious,showy,tacky,tawdry,tinsel
cheapadjective inferior, low in quality
bad,base,bogus,catchpenny,cheesy,common,commonplace,crappy,cruddy,dud,flashy,garbage,garish,glitzy,junky,lousy,mangy,mean,mediocre,meretricious,no bargain,no good,ordinary,paltry,poor,ratty,raunchy,rinky-dink,rotten,rubbishy,scroungy,second-rate,shoddy,sleazy,small-time,tatty,tawdry,terrible,trashy,trumpery,two-bit,valueless,white elephant,worthless
cheaperadjective inferior, low in quality
bad,base,bogus,catchpenny,cheesy,common,commonplace,crappy,cruddy,dud,flashy,garbage,garish,glitzy,junky,lousy,mangy,mean,mediocre,meretricious,no bargain,no good,ordinary,paltry,poor,ratty,raunchy,rinky-dink,rotten,rubbishy,scroungy,second-rate,shoddy,sleazy,small-time,tatty,tawdry,terrible,trashy,trumpery,two-bit,valueless,white elephant,worthless There is a difference between a padded bra and silicone implants—the padded bra can be safely removed after it has served its purpose; the “porn boob” has rendered the bra meretricious, obsolete.
加垫胸围和硅胶植入体之间还是有区别的：加垫胸围在用过之后可以安全脱下，“大胸部”的兴起则令它显得俗气、老土。 yeeyan
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。 blog.sina.com.cn
It was a platinum fob chain simple and chaste in design , properly proclaiming its value by substance alone and not by meretricious ornamentation——as all good things should do.
那是一条白金表链，式样简单朴素，只以货色来宣誓它的价值，不凭什么不可耐的装潢——一切好东西都应该是这样的。 ebigear
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。 yeeyan
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。 yeeyan
So it is not surprising that politically expedient assertions about China have become as American as fortune cookies, and as sententiously meretricious as the prophecies and advice these encase.
所以毫不奇怪，既有将中国视为同美国一般财富源泉的积极的政治评价，也有说教的预言和忠告，称中国不过是华而不实、徒有其表。 suiniyi |