基本释义
- adj.
- 俗艳的，华而不实的; 俗不可耐
实用例句
...vulgar, meretricious and shabby souvenirs.
俗气花哨、质量低劣的纪念品
A wooden building painted to look like marble is meretricious.
一座漆得像大理石般的木制建筑物外表是美丽的.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
Her room was painted in meretricious technicolour.
她的房间刷着俗艳的颜色。
辞典例句
英英释义
Adjective
1. like or relating to a prostitute;
"meretricious relationships"
2. tastelessly showy;
"a flash car"
"a flashy ring"
"garish colors"
"a gaudy costume"
"loud sport shirts"
"a meretricious yet stylish book"
"tawdry ornaments"
3. based on pretense; deceptively pleasing;
"the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"
"meretricious praise"
"a meretricious argument"