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。
• The main street has assumed its tawdry prosperity with discomfort.
  繁华的大街透着一股不安的气氛。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Classic culture and art have been replaced by tawdry mystifications, exotic rites and vacation photos.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。
• 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。
• 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？