trumpery
英 [ˈtrʌmpəri] 美 [ˈtrʌmpəri]

adj.

（物品）中看不中用的；花哨而无价值的；（主意、意见、行动等）无价值的；虚有其表的

n.

中看不中用的东西；徒有其表的东西；胡言乱语；废话

变形

复数：trumperies

英英释义

trumpery[ 'trʌmpəri ]

• n.
  • nonsensical talk or writing

    同义词：folderolrubbishtripetrashwish-washapplesaucecodswallop

  • ornamental objects of no great value

    同义词：folderalfalderolfrillgimcrackerygimcracknonsense

双语例句

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。

权威例句

TRUMPERY
Trumpery
TRUMPERY BELOW THE CANAL
Autolycus' Trumpery
Trumpery: Olney Theatre Center
'Trumpery stuff': gender politics in Australian publishing, 1858.
THE LONGFELLOWS AND THEIR TRUMPERY ANTIQUITIES
Sarah Gardner: "Such Trumpery"or "A Lustre to Her Sex"?
"Trash, Trumpery, and Idle Time": Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Fiction
Social exclusion of public servant Oscar V. from the trumpery (»bricolage«) of the Slovenian state administration