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

GRE TEM8

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

The main street has assumed its tawdry prosperity with discomfort.
繁华的大街透着一股不安的气氛。
She saw herself as shallow, tawdry.
她看到自己只是个穿得花花绿绿的浅薄庸俗的女人。
That dress is just tawdry.
那条裙子太俗艳了。
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。
You made all others who came before seem cheap, tawdry, and shallow.
与你们相比，我之前看过的其他所有车都显得如此廉价、俗气、轻薄。
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。
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？
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。
The clothes that had looked so beautiful on stage looked tawdry hanging in the dressing room.
在舞台上显得如此华丽的服装挂在化妆室里看起来却俗而低廉。
Steve Coogan, a comedian whose private life has often been newspaper fodder, complained about "tawdry muckraking" and the "sociopathic" treatment meted out by editors.
史蒂夫·库根，一位私生活经常被报纸拿来说事的喜剧演员，抱怨编辑们“揭发低俗丑闻”以及对待名人的“反社会”倾向。