词汇 | tawdriness |
释义 | tawdriness noun[ U ] uk /ˈtɔː.dri.nəs/ us /ˈtɑː.dri.nəs/ the quality of being cheap and low quality, although it may look look bright or attractive: 俗丽而不值钱 He has an eye that sees the tawdriness of plastic icicles and fake mistletoe.他能一眼看出塑料冰柱和人造槲寄生小枝的俗气。 low moral standards: 道德败坏,堕落 the tawdriness of the President's misdeeds 总统不当行为的道德败坏 See tawdry Standing out somewhat incongruously amid all the tawdriness was a double mansion. the tawdriness that some tourist resorts have a seafront which is 100 per cent free of seaside tawdriness and slot machines We could not resist following the case in all its luxurious tawdriness. He fears casinos will bring a certain tawdriness to the business. Not of good quality am-dram appallingly atrocious atrociously awfully awfulness cheesy hacky inadequacy inadequate inadequately janky shite skanky sort tawdrily tawdry thinness trinket wretched You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Morally wrong and evil Examples of tawdrinesstawdriness He is talking about cheapness, tawdriness, and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His ruthless and violent pursuit of leads only points out the small-time tawdriness of the organisation he hopes to legitimise. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The creators of this film were fiercely determined not to go so much as a millimeter over the line into sentiment, tawdriness or mockery. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The accumulated tawdriness seems part of some mythic destiny. 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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