trumpery

英['trʌmpəri] 美['trʌmpəri]
  • n. 无价值的杂物;徒有其表的东西;废话
  • adj. 中看不中用的;无价值的
trumperies
GRE
Noun:
  1. nonsensical talk or writing

  2. ornamental objects of no great value

1. The thing he bought yesterday was trumpery.
他昨天买的只是一件没有什么价值的东西。

来自辞典例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The thing he bought yesterday was trumpery.
      他昨天买的只是一件没有什么价值的东西。
    2. As usual, a great proportion was trumpery which had begun to accumulate in his father's day.
      照常,大部分的东西是华而不实的,还是他父亲手里就开始积藏了。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. In this paper, the training objective and training model of the surveying major are discussed, and some trumpery opinions are presented.
      文章主要探讨测绘工程专业的培养目标和培养模式,并提出粗浅的认识。

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