| 词汇 | smarmy |
| 释义 | smarmy adjective informaldisapprovinguk /ˈsmɑː.mi/ us /ˈsmɑːr.mi/ extremely polite or helpful or showing a lot of respect in a way that is annoying or does not seem sincere: 迎合的，巴结的;过于殷勤的 She was trying to be friendly, but she just seemed smarmy and insincere.她试图显得友好，但只是让人觉得过于殷勤，不够真诚。 Synonyms fulsomeformal oily(TOO FRIENDLY) oleaginousformal unctuousformaldisapproving Affected & insincere affectation affected affectedly archly artificial feyness forced forcedly fustian glib phony-baloney piously ponce ponce about/around posey sugary super-smooth superslick talk the talk ... walk the walkidiom theatricality Related wordssmarm smarmily Examples of smarmysmarmy Absent ironic undertones or smarmy orchestral colours, the affirmative character of love music in most nineteenth-century opera can scarcely communicate divided loyalties. We may get a few smarmy words about what a good idea it is, but that is as far as it will go. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I feel also quite certain that no good whatever is done by appeasement or by being "smarmy," or by not saying exactly what we think about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He's very smarmy, and usually refers to his students as children. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. What it is an irritatingly smarmy, implausible mess. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The film itself is otherwise sincere in general, with no real attempt at smarmy black humour or winks to the audience. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Early roles were rather strait-laced, he then sometimes played his "snide" character: quite slimy and smarmy with a distinctive nasal voice. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The character is self-centered, smarmy, quick tempered, and overbearingly insincere. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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