tawdry

英 [ˈtɔːdri]

美 [ˈtɔːdri]

adj.  俗丽而不值钱的; 俗气的; 花里胡哨的; 粗俗的; 下流的; 卑鄙的; 卑污的

GRETEM8

BNC.21616 / COCA.21233

牛津词典

adj.

• 俗丽而不值钱的；俗气的；花里胡哨的
  intended to be bright and attractive but cheap and of low quality
  1. tawdry jewellery
     俗丽便宜的首饰
• 粗俗的；下流的；卑鄙的；卑污的
  involving low moral standards; extremely unpleasant or offensive
  1. a tawdry affair
     卑鄙下流的勾当

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 廉价的;俗气的
  If you describe something such as clothes or decorations astawdry, you mean that they are cheap and show a lack of taste.
  1. ...tawdry jewellery.
     廉价珠宝
• ADJ-GRADED (故事、事件)令人讨厌的，卑鄙的，不道德的
  If you describe something such as a story or an event astawdry, you mean that it is unpleasant or immoral.
  1. ...the yawning gulf between her fantasies and the tawdry reality.
     她的幻想和冷酷的现实之间的巨大差距
  2. ...the tawdry business of day-to-day bartering and bargaining.
     日复一日做交易讨价还价，让人不胜其烦

双语例句

• The country now boasts more millionaires than the UK and glossy malls to serve them are springing up even in tawdry third-and fourth-tier cities.
  如今，中国的百万富翁的数量已超过英国，即使是在艳俗的三、四线城市，为百万富翁服务的炫丽购物中心也在拔地而起。
• Sheldon: You want me to use my intelligence in a tawdry competition?
  谢尔顿：你想让我把才智浪费在这种华而不实的比赛上吗？
• He was looking at some rather tawdry hats in a shop window.
  他在看商店橱窗里的几顶俗丽而不值钱的帽子。
• The main street has assumed its tawdry prosperity with discomfort.
  繁华的大街透着一股不安的气氛。
• She saw herself as shallow, tawdry.
  她看到自己只是个穿得花花绿绿的浅薄庸俗的女人。
• If those of tawdry color only in a
  如果那些艳俗的颜色只能留下一种
• You made all others who came before seem cheap, tawdry, and shallow.
  与你们相比，我之前看过的其他所有车都显得如此廉价、俗气、轻薄。
• Another reason for the attention to tax cuts at the top is the tawdry role of big money in political campaigns.
  各国政府之所以优先着眼于减税，巨额资金在政治活动中扮演的庸俗角色是另一个原因。
• There was parking room for motors on each side of the road, and there were saloons, tawdry and bright.
  路两边都有停汽车的地方，还有俗里俗气、灯火通明的酒巴间。
• New York Republican Chris Lee resigned after the photo and some tawdry details at the Internet.
  纽约共和党人ChrisLee在这张照片及一些相关不雅细节在网络上曝光后主动辞职。