trumpery
🇬🇧 UK/'trʌmpәri/🇺🇸 US
GREC2
Definitions
n.
Showy but worthless objects; nonsense or rubbish
华而不实的东西;废话,胡说
adj.
Gaudy but of no real value
虚有其表的,中看不中用的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishtrumperyother
=trumpery
Common Collocations
- 1.mere trumpery不过是废话
- 2.political trumpery政治噱头
- 3.[cheap trumpery]廉价的华而不实之物
- 4.dismiss as trumpery斥之为胡说
Example Sentences
- 1.
The antique shop was filled with trumpery that appealed only to tourists.
- 2.
His speech was pure trumpery, full of grand promises but utterly meaningless.
- 3.
She dismissed the politician's rhetoric as trumpery designed to deceive voters.