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

• 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？
• 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。
• 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？
• When they are not tawdry opportunities to air grievances, settle scores or rationalise errors, they tend to be tales of adversity with a triumphant twist.
  作者不是借此机会大吐苦水，一了私人恩怨或为自己的过错辩解，就是讲述自己在逆境中突出重围的陈词滥调。
• The main street has assumed its tawdry prosperity with discomfort.
  繁华的大街透着一股不安的气氛。
• 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。
• 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。
• There was parking room for motors on each side of the road, and there were saloons, tawdry and bright.
  路两边都有停汽车的地方，还有俗里俗气、灯火通明的酒巴间。
• These two colours look tawdry when put together.
  这两种颜色配起来显得怯。
• That dress is just tawdry.
  那条裙子太俗艳了。