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词汇 glib
释义 glib
adjective
uk /ɡlɪb/ us /ɡlɪb/glibber | glibbest
speaking or spoken in a confident way, but without careful thought or honesty: 花言巧语的,油嘴滑舌的;(说话)不诚恳的,未经思考的
He's a glib, self-centred man.他是个油嘴滑舌、自私自利的人。
glib answer/explanationNo one was convinced by his glib answers/explanations.没有人相信他那信口开河的回答/解释。
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Related words


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glibness

glib | American Dictionary


glib
adjective
us/ɡlɪb/-bb-
easy and confident in speech, with little thought or sincerity:
He’s not flashy, and he doesn’t know how to be glib.

Examples of glib


glib
In seeking to render the context recognisable we wanted to avoid being either glib or topical.
This is an awfully glib dismissal of a concept many of us still find potent and increasingly relevant!
This approach provides a contextual depth to the analysis and avoids the glib generalisations and disparaging stereotypes that can undermine such accounts.
The glib answer, of course, is that our intuition was simply never right.
On closer examination, the puzzle yields neither to glib analyses nor to simplistic answers.
It is true that this can appear a glib generalization, when opportunities for economic and social advancement so often depend on the perception of 'competence'.
Like many of their arguments, the title seems to be only glib.
In the process, they also trapped outside observers into partisan, glib, or shallow, explanations.
No one has a glib answer to this situation and research tools and procedures for permanent access are still in their infancy.
Local commissioners will have little ability to be 'market makers', despite the glib rhetoric.
Both - expressions mean 'glib' or 'having the gift of gab'.
The complex tale offers a healthy antidote to any glib generalisations about the relative importance of private or public actors or of international and domestic factors.
When he becomes more experienced and by his glib tongue and polite manner, can get more customers, he lives in a house, dresses well and feeds well.
Although the material in the individual chapters is clearly presented and responsive to the latest research, the sections which offer critical perspectives on modernism's legacies sometimes include glib statements.
Indeed, it firmly rejected the glib and uninformed view that appeared in some quarters that industry can do all its own research.
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