| 词汇 | superficiality |
| 释义 | superficiality noun uk /ˌsuː.pəˌfɪʃ.iˈæl.ə.ti/ us /ˌsuː.pɚ.fɪʃ.iˈæl.ə.t̬i/ superficialitynoun (LACK OF IMPORTANCE)[ U ] the fact of never thinking about things that are serious or important: He was accused of superficiality, unreliability, and a lack of convictions. It's amazing how having a baby takes away any superficiality or vanity. [ U or C ]usually disapproving the fact of seeming to be good or important, but of having no real value: She contrasted the superficiality of celebrity life with the satisfaction of social activism. She can see beyond the superficialities of a society obsessed with money, class, and social mores. Not showing careful thought airily airiness airy bang something out bash bash something out frivolous frivolously ill-conceived incaution incautious non-thinking off the cuffidiom pat preconceived shallow shallowly shallowness unreflective unthinking You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Seeming and purporting to be superficialitynoun (INCOMPLETENESS)[ U or C ]usually disapproving the fact of not being complete and involving only the most obvious things: 表面化 News media is often accused of superficiality in its coverage of religion.新闻媒体经常被指责对宗教做肤浅的报道。 While much of the debate is stuck in superficialities, deeper issues occasionally flash into view.虽然大部分辩论都停留在表面上，但更深层次的问题偶尔会闪现。 Incomplete Anglocentric Anglocentrism broad brush demi- Eurocentric extent hemi- imperfect imperfection imperfectly in a manner of speakingidiom incomplete partially partly patchily patchiness patchy semi up to a pointidiom vaguely Seesuperficial Examples of superficialitysuperficiality Since the late nineteenth century, when the expression 'master of none' became attached, the phrase has commonly been associated with disparagement and superficiality. The affectation of this transgressive coloratura insinuates a common superficiality linking the traditionally alien genres of opera and techno-disco. The psychoanalytic establishment, presumably concerned about superficiality, has on the whole ignored these experiments. That this is traceable to the conditions of modern life - its instabilities and superficiality, its elevation of consumption over sturdy production - is a commonplace. Such simplistic formulations add little to the analysis, and leave an impression of haste and superficiality. Similar degrees of superficiality occur throughout the text. There is always the danger of superficiality in the latter approach. In other words, the superficiality of his reform programme is to some extent predictable. The comparisons he presents lose considerable force because of their selectiveness and superficiality. It concerns externals and superficialities whose irrationality does no harm. In between, the format and content varies in quality and ranges from excellent reading to boredom and superficiality. Superficiality is poor company for medicine, but mysteries are worse. The book then falls into the usual superficialities regarding ' caudillismo ' in the early republics, covering the whole continent and the whole nineteenth century. This is a huge task of great magnitude, and as the book is quite short it suffers from the expected omissions and superficialities. By comparing himself to a worn-out ghost-show illusion fortunate even to have been relegated to the "variety" circuit, he confirms his evanescence, his nearly comic superficiality. See all examples of superficiality 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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