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tawdry

美 [ˈtɔːdri]英 [ˈtɔːdri]
  • adj.俗气的;粗俗的;下流的;花里胡哨的;卑鄙的;卑污的;俗丽而不值钱的
  • n.价廉而花哨的东西

最高级: tawdriest 比较级: tawdrier 派生词: tawdriness n.

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adj.

1

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

tawdry jewellery

俗丽便宜的首饰

2

粗俗的;下流的;卑鄙的;卑污的
involving low moral standards; extremely unpleasant or offensive

a tawdry affair

卑鄙下流的勾当

3


tawdry

频次

  • 1
    ADJ-GRADED 廉价的;俗气的
    If you describe something such as clothes or decorations as tawdry, you mean that they are cheap and show a lack of taste.

    ...tawdry jewellery.

    廉价珠宝

  • 2
    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 as tawdry, you mean that it is unpleasant or immoral.

    ...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

adj

1
cheap and shoddy
cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Cris
Synonym: cheapjack shoddy
2
tastelessly showy
a flash car
a flashy ring
garish colors
a gaudy costume
loud sport shirts
a meretricious yet stylish book
tawdry ornaments
Synonym: brassy cheap flash flashy garish gaudy gimcrack loud meretricious tacky tatty trashy

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  1. The show concluded with a tawdry touch .

    节目以带有一丝俗气的手法结束。

  2. We let you keep your tawdry theatrical mementoes . lsn 't that enough ?

    我们允许你保留这些粗俗的纪念品,还不够吗?

  3. These two colours look tawdry when put together .

    这两种颜色配起来显得怯。

  4. This is a tawdry end to a distinguished political career .

    对于里夫金德爵士杰出的政治生涯而言,这是一个不光彩的结束。

  5. Sheldon : You want me to use my intelligence in a tawdry competition

    你想让我把才智浪费在这种华而不实的比赛上吗??

  6. 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?

  7. The main street has assumed its tawdry prosperity with discomfort .

    繁华的大街透着一股不安的气氛。

  8. Is that one learns early what a tawdry puppet play it is .

    很早学会了如何处理奢华的场合。

  9. 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。

  10. 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。

  11. The clothes that had looked so beautiful on stage looked tawdry hanging in the dressing room .

    在舞台上显得如此华丽的服装挂在化妆室里看起来却俗而低廉。

  12. Do you attend operas , or do you read tawdry novels ?

    你会参观歌剧表演,还是阅读通俗小说?

  13. 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。

  14. 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。

  15. 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。

  16. If those of tawdry color only in a

    如果那些艳俗的颜色只能留下一种

  17. Classic culture and art have been replaced by tawdry mystifications , exotic rites and vacation photos .

    经典文化和艺术已经被低俗的故弄玄虚,外国仪式和假期的照片所替代。

  18. They talked to each other and shared their oranges with the tawdry girls who sat beside them .

    他们互相交谈着,并和边上坐着的那些衣着俗艳的姑娘分食着桔子。

  19. It began life producing batteries in the tawdry boomtown of Shenzhen across the Hong Kong border , then branched out into electric cars .

    比亚迪总部位于毗邻香港的俗丽新兴都市深圳,以生产电池起家,后来才扩展至电动汽车领域。

  20. 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。

  21. I learned about their tawdry dreams , their simple hopes , their home lives their fear of feeling anything deeply , Their sex problems , their husbands .

    我很清楚她们的思想,充斥着,俗不可耐的梦想,平凡的生活,她们的家庭,以及对高深东西的抵触,对待性的态度,她们的丈夫。

  22. That dress is just tawdry .

    那条裙子太俗艳了。

  23. Even Keynes , involved in state affairs and devoted to economics , did so in the belief that with such tawdry problems solved , people could start to think about something important .

    凯恩斯这时正忙于财政,他的信念是,只有这个问题解决了,人们才能开始思考真正重要的事。

  24. 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。

  25. When they are not tawdry opportunities to air grievances , settle scores or rationalise errors , they tend to be tales of adversity with a triumphant twist .

    作者不是借此机会大吐苦水,一了私人恩怨或为自己的过错辩解,就是讲述自己在逆境中突出重围的陈词滥调。

  26. Steve Coogan , a comedian whose private life has often been newspaper fodder , complained about " tawdry muckraking " and the " sociopathic " treatment meted out by editors .

    史蒂夫·库根,一位私生活经常被报纸拿来说事的喜剧演员,抱怨编辑们“揭发低俗丑闻”以及对待名人的“反社会”倾向。

  27. MANDALAY , Myanmar - Emerging from behind a tawdry blue curtain in the garage of his three-story home here in Myanmar 's second largest city , U Lu Maw made his way onto a makeshift stage to do what he does best : tell jokes .

    缅甸,曼德勒——这里是缅甸第二大城市,卢茂(ULuMaw)来到自家三层楼房的车库,他从俗丽的蓝色帷幕后面探出身子,在这个临时舞台上做自己最擅长的事:讲笑话。