tawdriness
基本解释
- adj.廉價而俗麗的;非常華麗的
英汉例句
- It could not have, had it not overcome its heritage of Times Square tawdriness.
“這不可能,因爲它還沒有尅服時代廣場的華麗麗的盛裝”。 - The tawdriness of their public-relations tour, which has them climbing a cardboard Mount Suribachi to cheering crowds, proves more corrosive than the horrors of battle.
爲了擴大宣傳,這些人被迫登上紙做的“摺鉢山”接受人們的歡呼。 事實表明,宣傳的俗麗比戰爭的恐怖貽害更深。 - The first, and most desperate, theory is that sheer tawdriness may release him.
ECONOMIST: In Houdini’s footsteps - Yet it is hard to believe that, if Mr Clinton continued his denials in the face of Miss Lewinsky's contrary testimony and corroborating evidence, distaste for tawdriness alone would rescue him.
ECONOMIST: In Houdini’s footsteps