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meretricious

/mer-i-trish-uhs/US // ˌmɛr ɪˈtrɪʃ əs //UK // (ˌmɛrɪˈtrɪʃəs) //

冗长的,虚伪的,冗长的时间,冗长

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
    • : based on pretense, deception, or insincerity.
    • : pertaining to or characteristic of a prostitute.

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Examples

  • Now that Laura has been revealed to be little more than a collection of notes, the debate seems silly, meretricious.

  • Then the mask is taken off, meretricious ornaments are dispensed with, and consequently native qualities appear.

  • But to-night her now hateful, meretricious image rose, with horrid vividness, before him.

  • As in everything that Seguin has painted, there was undoubtedly a certain meretricious beauty and force about it.

  • A pintura de la Feria became a term in Spain for a meretricious picture.

  • The people are already beginning to distinguish between the wholesome and the meretricious in their newspapers.