meretricious
meretricious 英 [ˌmerəˈtrɪʃəs] 美 [ˌmɛrɪˈtrɪʃəs]
adj. 俗气的；娼妓的；华丽而庸俗的
- Have you ever heard the phrase "fake it until you make it"? That is advice that encourages you to be meretricious, pretending to be something you aren't, like the meretricious flaunting of gigantic fake diamond earrings, pretending they are real — and that you can afford them.
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- adj. 俗气的；娼妓的；华丽而庸俗的
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1. Most of the other issues swirling in the lawyer-soldier tornado are either trivial or meretricious.
律师和军人争论的大部分其他问题或者琐碎或者华而不实。
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2. The tea-party's version of the Revolution, however, shades far beyond kookiness and into the meretricious realm of "antihistory".
然而，茶党版本的美国革命竟偏执到了发狂的地步，甚至到了反历史的庸俗境地。
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3. There is a difference between a padded bra and silicone implants—the padded bra can be safely removed after it has served its purpose; the "porn boob" has rendered the bra meretricious, obsolete.
加垫胸围和硅胶植入体之间还是有区别的：加垫胸围在用过之后可以安全脱下，“大胸部”的兴起则令它显得俗气、老土。
- meretricious (adj.) 1620s, "pertaining to harlots," from Latin meretricius "of or pertaining to prostitutes," from meretrix (genitive meretricis) "prostitute," literally "woman who earns money," from merere, mereri "to earn, gain" (from PIE root *(s)mer- (2) "to get a share of something"). Meaning "gaudily alluring" is from 1630s. Related: Meretriciously; meretriciousness.
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