Word
hokey
/ˈhoʊki/
adjective
虚情假意的；做作的
effusively or insincerely emotional
- 1.
effusively or insincerely emotional
矫揉造作的；过分热情或不真诚的情感表达
- 2.
artificially formal
做作的；人为地正式
矫揉造作的；过分热情或不真诚的情感表达；做作的；人为地正式；虚情假意的；做作的
In use
I found the movie's ending too hokey to take seriously.
The advertisement tried to be touching, but its hokey message made everyone laugh.
She rolled her eyes at his hokey apology and walked away.
be hokey
His speech was so hokey that nobody believed him.
他的演讲非常做作，没人相信他。
find sth hokey
I find the movie's emotional scenes a bit hokey.
我觉得这部电影的情感场面有点虚情假意。
Common mistakes
The comedian's jokes were hokey, so the audience laughed.The comedian's jokes were funny, so the audience laughed.
hokey 表示虚情假意或做作，通常带贬义，而中文学习者可能误以为它表示有趣；使用 funny 才能准确表达幽默效果。
That movie was so hokey that I cried.That movie was so touching that I cried.
hokey 强调感情上的不真实或矫揉造作，而中文学习者可能把它与感人或令人动容混淆；使用 touching 才能表达影片真正打动人心。
Connections
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.