tawdry

英 [ˈtɔːdri]

美 [ˈtɔːdri]

adj. 俗丽而不值钱的; 俗气的; 花里胡哨的; 粗俗的; 下流的; 卑鄙的; 卑污的

BNC.21616 / COCA.21233

牛津词典

adj.

俗丽而不值钱的；俗气的；花里胡哨的
intended to be bright and attractive but cheap and of low quality
1. tawdry jewellery
  俗丽便宜的首饰
粗俗的；下流的；卑鄙的；卑污的
involving low moral standards; extremely unpleasant or offensive
1. a tawdry affair
  卑鄙下流的勾当

ADJ-GRADED 廉价的;俗气的
If you describe something such as clothes or decorations astawdry, you mean that they are cheap and show a lack of taste.
1. ...tawdry jewellery.
  廉价珠宝
ADJ-GRADED (故事、事件)令人讨厌的，卑鄙的，不道德的
If you describe something such as a story or an event astawdry, you mean that it is unpleasant or immoral.
1. ...the yawning gulf between her fantasies and the tawdry reality.
  她的幻想和冷酷的现实之间的巨大差距
2. ...the tawdry business of day-to-day bartering and bargaining.
  日复一日做交易讨价还价，让人不胜其烦

These two colours look tawdry when put together.
这两种颜色配起来显得怯。
New York Republican Chris Lee resigned after the photo and some tawdry details at the Internet.
纽约共和党人ChrisLee在这张照片及一些相关不雅细节在网络上曝光后主动辞职。
If those of tawdry color only in a
如果那些艳俗的颜色只能留下一种
That dress is just tawdry.
那条裙子太俗艳了。
You made all others who came before seem cheap, tawdry, and shallow.
与你们相比，我之前看过的其他所有车都显得如此廉价、俗气、轻薄。
The main street has assumed its tawdry prosperity with discomfort.
繁华的大街透着一股不安的气氛。
I learned about their tawdry dreams, their simple hopes, their home lives their fear of feeling anything deeply, Their sex problems, their husbands.
我很清楚她们的思想，充斥着，俗不可耐的梦想，平凡的生活，她们的家庭，以及对高深东西的抵触，对待性的态度，她们的丈夫。
They talked to each other and shared their oranges with the tawdry girls who sat beside them.
他们互相交谈着，并和边上坐着的那些衣着俗艳的姑娘分食着桔子。
Is that one learns early what a tawdry puppet play it is.
很早学会了如何处理奢华的场合。
Do you attend operas, or do you read tawdry novels?
你会参观歌剧表演，还是阅读通俗小说？