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

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• Classic culture and art have been replaced by tawdry mystifications, exotic rites and vacation photos.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