Trumpery
['trʌmp(ə)rɪ] or ['trʌmpəri]
解釋/意思:
(n.) Deceit; fraud.
(n.) Something serving to deceive by false show or pretense; falsehood; deceit; worthless but showy matter; hence, things worn out and of no value; rubbish.
(a.) Worthless or deceptive in character.
整理:莱克格斯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Trash, rubbish, stuff, frippery, worthless finery.
整理:莎丽
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Trash, tinsel, nonsense, tawdriness, trifles, rubbish
ANT:Treasure, valuables, sense, wisdom, truth
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例句/造句/用法:
- In that case there is no need for me to write about the trumpery scandal by which I was the sufferer--the innocent sufferer, I positively assert. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He has already turned his state-room into a museum of worthless trumpery, which he has gathered up in his travels. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- All he saw was the trumpery parasol that arched its pinkness above her giggling head. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- The organisation is a very trumpery affair, according to our ideas, I have no doubt. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- But Rawdon flung open boxes and wardrobes, throwing the multifarious trumpery of their contents here and there, and at last he found the desk. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Get out wid ye, ye trumpery,--I won't have ye round! 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I knew the warrior's secret now; I knew the hollow vanity of his rusty trumpery, and despised his asinine complacency. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- YOU slander the young lady; you with your affections and hearts and trumpery,' returned Mr Boffin. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- This yer religion is all a mess of lying trumpery, Tom. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Thoughtless and superficial people may say, Here is surely a very trumpery little incident related in an absurdly circumstantial manner. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- It's the way to make any trumpery tempting, to ticket it at a high price in that way. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Trumpery little scandals and quarrels in the town, some of them as much as a month old, appeared to recur to his memory readily. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
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