meretricious

英 [ˌmerəˈtrɪʃəs]

美 [ˌmerəˈtrɪʃəs]

adj.  华而不实的; 虚有其表的; 金玉其外的

GRE

BNC.36574 / COCA.37088

牛津词典

adj.

• 华而不实的；虚有其表的；金玉其外的
  seeming attractive, but in fact having no real value

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 华而不实的;徒有其表的
  If you describe something asmeretricious, you disapprove of it because although it looks attractive it is actually of little value.
  1. ...vulgar, meretricious and shabby souvenirs.
     俗气花哨、质量低劣的纪念品

英英释义

adj

• based on pretense
  1. the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility
  2. meretricious praise
  3. a meretricious argument
  Synonym:gildedspecious
• tastelessly showy
  1. a flash car
  2. a flashy ring
  3. garish colors
  4. a gaudy costume
  5. loud sport shirts
  6. a meretricious yet stylish book
  7. tawdry ornaments
  Synonym:brassycheapflashflashygarishgaudygimcrackloudtackytattytawdrytrashy
• like or relating to a prostitute
  1. meretricious relationships

双语例句

• 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。
• He was a son of god a phrase which, if it means anything, means just that and he must be about his father's business, the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty.
  他是上帝的儿子这个称号，如果有什么意义的话，就是字面的意思因此他必须为他的天父效命，献身于一种博大、庸俗、华而不实的美。
• 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。
• Advertisements convey an impression, however meretricious, of the importance of the goods being sold.
  商业广告尽管华而不实，却能使人对正在销售的商品的重要性留有印象。
• Some states adopt the "meretricious relationships" and "domestic partnerships". Like the United States, the United Kingdom has gone through a phase of ultra-conservative, however, the reform pace of modern Britain is not as quick as the United States.
  英国与美国一样经历了一个极度保守的阶段，然而英国现代的改革却没有美国的步伐大。
• 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。
• 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。
• He claims that a lot of journalism is meretricious and superficial.
  他断言许多新闻报道华而不实而且肤浅。