英 [ˌmerəˈtrɪʃəs] 美 [ˌmerəˈtrɪʃəs]
adj. 俗气的；娼妓的；华丽而庸俗的
meretricious /ˌmɛrɪˈtrɪʃəs/
形容词 If you describe something as meretricious, you disapprove of it because although it looks attractive it is actually of little value. 华而不实的
...vulgar, meretricious, and shabby souvenirs.
...各种俗气花哨和劣质的纪念品。
like or relating to a prostitute
meretricious relationships
... 华丽地dashinglyfloridlygorgeouslygrandlyshowilysumptuouslysuperbly 华丽而庸俗的meretricious 华丽堂皇razzmatazz ...
... mercurial 情绪善变的，活泼的 meretricious 华而不实的，俗艳的 merited 应得的，理所当然的 ...
... elegance 雅致，漂亮，优美 meretricious 浮华的，耀眼的；俗气的 pretentiousness 摆架子，装腔作势； ...
... mercurial adj.水银的；善变的；活泼的 meretricious adj.华而不实的；俗艳的 mere＝merry，tri＝try，cious：想努力结婚的人-华而不实的。 ...
俗气的；娼妓的；华丽而庸俗的
Of the meretricious splendour I had heard so much there is not a trace.
我听到过很多对此地豪华装饰的描述，但是我找不到一丝这样的痕迹。
The perspective just as moral truths, that are presented in their simplicity without the meretricious AIDS of ornament or glitter.
远景就象真理一样的朴实无华，没有任何矫揉造作和脑人耳目的虚饰。
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.
这礼物就是一条白金表链，款式简单朴素，货真价实，不是靠花哨的包装、而是靠真正的质量正当地显示自己的价值，一切好的东西都应该如此。
There is a boring Luca Giordano and a meretricious pair of Mel Ramos breasts.
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He believed in beauty, recognised it in women and, amid the meretricious, created his share of it.
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We aren't like them - vain, duplicitous and meretricious.
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