tawdriness
基本解释
- adj.廉价而俗丽的;非常华丽的
英汉例句
- It could not have, had it not overcome its heritage of Times Square tawdriness.
“这不可能,因为它还没有克服时代广场的华丽丽的盛装”。 - 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.
为了扩大宣传,这些人被迫登上纸做的“摺钵山”接受人们的欢呼。 事实表明,宣传的俗丽比战争的恐怖贻害更深。 - 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