shoddy
shoddy 英 [ˈʃɒdi] 美 [ˈʃɑdi]
n. 赝品；冒牌货；假装粗俗 adj. 假冒的；劣质的；卑劣的
名词复数:shoddies 比较级:shoddier 最高级:shoddiest
- Shoddy refers to poor materials or quality. Maybe you passed on buying a house because it leaned in an odd way and various and sundry parts were falling off. Sounds like both the materials and workmanship were shoddy.
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- n. 赝品；冒牌货；假装粗俗
- adj. 假冒的；劣质的；卑劣的
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1. We live in a culture of mediocrity. How many times do we complain about shoddy workmanship or poor service or inferior quality?
我们生活在一个庸俗的社会里，我们抱怨了多少次劣质的手工艺品，差劲的服务，低等的质量。
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2. shoddy or dangerous goods, including drugs, pet food and car tires, have damaged its reputation abroad, especially in the United States.
赝品或危险产品，包括药品、宠物食品和轮胎，已经损害了它的海外声誉，特别是在美国的声誉。
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3. Dozens of Chinese companies that, like Rino, entered the United States market via reverse mergers have since been accused of fraud or shoddy accounting.
许多像绿诺科技的中国公司通过频频被控诉有罪或者卑劣的会计所进行反向收购进入美国市场。
- shoddy (adj.) 1862, "having a delusive appearance of high quality," a Northern word from the American Civil War in reference to the quality of government supplies for the armies, from earlier noun meaning "rag-wool, wool made of woolen waste and old rags" (1832), perhaps a Yorkshire provincial word, of uncertain origin; according to Watkins from the same Old English source as shed (v.).
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