| 词汇 | meretricious |
| 释义 | meretricious adjective formaluk /ˌmer.ɪˈtrɪʃ.əs/ us /ˌmer.əˈtrɪʃ.əs/ seeming attractive but really false or of little value: 华而不实的，金玉其外的 He claims that a lot of journalism is meretricious and superficial.他称许多新闻报道虚夸肤浅。 Synonyms flashUK gimcrackdisapproving Affected & insincere affectation affected affectedly archly artificial feyness forced forcedly fustian glib phony-baloney piously ponce ponce about/around posey studiedly sugary super-smooth superslick talk the talk ... walk the walkidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off Not of good quality Examples of meretriciousmeretricious These blaze off the page with an integrity of passion which makes most of the surrounding material appear loose-lipped, meretricious and trivial. In many ways, it was a meretricious performance, but it was a gifted one in terms of verbal gymnastics. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think this is a rather meretricious argument, because large expenditures have to be made against threats to civilisation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Secondly, there is a certain meretricious attraction in this suggestion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I will address the role of civil servants in that cynical process of stealing money from meretricious projects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They make a meretricious appeal to the traditional loyalties of the dockers, who too often lend a ready ear. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have heard accusations of opportunism and the word "meretricious" has been used about our motion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is entirely meretricious, and it smacks of petulance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To say that we seek to delay is a totally meretricious intervention. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It therefore appears to be counterproductive in that case to resort to a meretricious use of statistics. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the selling-off we should have obtained true lasting value for those precious assets, rather than the meretricious goods we have obtained. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A national lottery is an irrelevancy and a meretricious byway. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 An increase of only one hundred thousandth in public expenditure would enable us to do without such meretricious advertising. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To those who ask those questions the prospects are indeed attractive, but the attractions are meretricious, the argument is fallacious. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has a certain meretricious appeal, but when it is examined in detail very serious defects show themselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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