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

• 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？
• 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。
• Classic culture and art have been replaced by tawdry mystifications, exotic rites and vacation photos.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。
• These two colours look tawdry when put together.
  这两种颜色配起来显得怯。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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
• 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？