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meretricious

🇬🇧 UK/.meri'triʃәs/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Superficially attractive but lacking real value; tastelessly showy or falsely alluring.

华而不实的；俗气的；虚有其表的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
meretrroot
+
iciousfull of, having the quality of
=meretricious

Common Collocations

  • 1.meretricious appeal虚有其表的吸引力
  • 2.meretricious display俗气的展示
  • 3.meretricious charm虚假的魅力

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The meretricious decorations could not hide the building's poor condition.

  • 2.

    Her meretricious charm attracted many but few trusted her.

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