词根:tawdry
adv.tawdrily 俗丽地
n.tawdriness 俗丽而不值钱;庸俗
1.She slopped about her room, unkempt and dishevelled, in her tawdry dressing - gown.
她不修边幅,满头蓬发,穿着俗里俗气的睡衣邋邋遢遢在屋里走来走去。
2.Steve Coogan, a comedian whose private life has often been newspaper fodder, complained about "tawdry muckraking" and the "sociopathic" treatment meted out by editors.
私生活经常见报的喜剧演员史蒂夫·库根抱怨被各报刊公然地揭发隐私,遭受到编辑们“反社会的”对待。
3.The amusement parks of the 1920's and 30's were tawdry, dirty, sleazy places.
该游乐园的20世纪20年代和30年代的俗气,肮脏,肮脏的地方。
4.Classic culture and art have been replaced by tawdry mystifications, exotic rites and vacation photos.
经典文化和艺术已经被低俗的故弄玄虚,外国仪式和假期的照片所替代。
6.The past was not as golden, nor is the present as tawdry, as the pessimists suggest, but the only thing really worth arguing about is the future.
过去不尽是辉煌,现在也不像悲观人士所说的那样俗艳不堪,但只有未来才值得畅想和讨论。