meretricious

英[ˌmerə'trɪʃəs] 美[ˌmerə'trɪʃəs]
  • adj. 华而不实的;俗艳的;似是而非的
GRE
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.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2. Her room was painted in meretricious technicolour.
她的房间刷着俗艳的颜色。

来自辞典例句

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. the books on her father s shelves , the paintings on the walls , the music on the piano - all was just so much meretricious display.
      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。

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