trumpery
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['trʌmp(ə)rɪ]
- 美式音标 [ˈtrʌmpəri]
- 国际音标 ['trʌmpəri]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.无价值的杂物；徒有其表的东西；废话
- adj.中看不中用的；无价值的
词根记忆
- 来自trump(n.王牌)
同根派生
英汉例句
- The thing he bought yesterday was trumpery.
他昨天买的只是一件没有什么价值的东西。 - As usual, a great proportion was trumpery which had begun to accumulate in his father's day.
照常，大部分的东西是华而不实的，还是他父亲手里就开始积藏了。
suxuewang.com - Chagrin and remorse followed, and it was not until after full confession to Marmee that Meg realized the trumpery value of fashionable rivalry and the real worth of simplicity and contentment.
梅格感到既委屈又懊恼，一直到她把此事向妈咪和盘托出之后，她才认识到这种时髦竞赛的浅薄无聊和朴素知足的真正价值。 - He is particularly withering in his scorn for what he sees as the mystifications of the English parliamentary tradition (allegedly nurtured since the Middle Ages), the trumpery of modern British monarchy, the obscurities of English common law and the mediocrity of the current batch of British politicians.
ECONOMIST: British history
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- trumpery arguments 浅薄的论据
- trumpery detail 零星杂物
- trumpery ornaments 中看不中用的饰物
- trumpery y 中看不中用的
- a piece of propaganda trumpery 一篇无聊的宣传
短语
英英字典
- foolish talk or actions
- useless or worthless