meretricious
英 [ˌmerəˈtrɪʃəs] 美 [ˌmɛrɪˈtrɪʃəs]

adj.

俗艳的，华而不实的；俗不可耐；

英英释义

meretricious[ ,meri'triʃəs ]

• adj.
  • like or relating to a prostitute

    "meretricious relationships"

  • tastelessly showy

    "a meretricious yet stylish book"

    同义词：brassycheapflashflashygarishgaudygimcrackloudtackytattytawdrytrashy

  • based on pretense; deceptively pleasing

    "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"

    同义词：gildedspecious

双语例句

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。

权威例句

Medicine: meritorious or meretricious
Meretricious mensuration.
Mechanisms of metabolic mischief--meritorious or meretricious?
An Essay on Contract and Status: Race, Marriage, and the Meretricious Spouse
Are effective or meritorious schools meretricious?
Meretricious Mixtures: Gold, Dung, and the "Canon's Yeoman's Prologue and Tale"
Rights of the Putative and Meretricious Spouse in California
Domestic Relations - Legitimacy of Offspring - Presumption of Marriage Subsequent to Meretricious Relationship
The Meretricious Letter of the Libro de Buen Amor
On Meretricious Reasoning in Literary and Art Criticisms