trumpery
英 ['tr?mp(?)r?]
美 ['tr?mp?ri]
- n. 中看不中用的東西；廢話；廢物
- adj. 無(wú)用的；虛有其表的
中文詞源
trumpery 中看不中用的東西trump,欺騙，-ery,名詞后綴。引申詞義虛有其表的東西，中看不中用的東西。
英文詞源
- trumpery (n.)
- mid-15c., "deceit, trickery," from Middle French tromperie (14c.), from tromper "to deceive," of uncertain origin (see trump (v.2), which has influenced the spelling in English). Meaning "showy but worthless finery" is first recorded c. 1600.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The thing he bought yesterday was trumpery.
- 他昨天買的只是一件沒(méi)有什么價(jià)值的東西。
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