dismiss sth as trumpery
as trumpery 表示把某事物看作没有价值的浮华之物,多见于书面评论。
The reviewers dismissed the lavish production as trumpery.
评论家们把这场奢华的演出斥为华而不实的东西。
不值钱的装饰品;破烂
trumperies — plural of trumpery
废话;胡说;不值钱的华丽装饰;小摆设或废物。;胡说,废话。;华而不实的东西;中看不中用的东西
不值钱的华丽装饰;小摆设或废物。
Worthless finery; bric-a-brac or junk.
胡说,废话。
Nonsense.
The shop window was full of trumpery, cheap necklaces and plastic pearls.
商店橱窗里摆满了不值钱的装饰品,都是些廉价项链和塑料珍珠。
用法提示:trumpery 在本句作不可数名词,表示‘不值钱的装饰品、华而不实的小物件’。
She wanted to throw out all the trumpery on her shelves, but her mother refused to part with any of it.
她想把架子上那些不值钱的摆设全都扔掉,但母亲一样也舍不得。
用法提示:trumpery 在句中作宾语,指‘不值钱的摆设或破烂装饰物’。
The market stalls were piled high with trumpery that tourists bought for a laugh.
集市摊位上堆满了不值钱的小玩意儿,游客们买来图个乐子。
用法提示:trumpery 作介词 with 的宾语,表示‘廉价而无用的杂物’。
as trumpery 表示把某事物看作没有价值的浮华之物,多见于书面评论。
The reviewers dismissed the lavish production as trumpery.
评论家们把这场奢华的演出斥为华而不实的东西。
trumpery 指“华而不实的东西”时通常不可数,需借助 a piece of 等量词表示一件。
He kept a piece of trumpery on his desk as a paperweight.
他在书桌上放了一件华而不实的小摆设当镇纸。
复数 trumperies 指多件华而不实的物品,也可指一堆空话。
She grew tired of the trumperies of the fashion world.
她厌倦了时尚界那些华而不实的玩意儿。
grammar · medium
易错句子The market stall was full of cheap trumperys.
正确表达The market stall was full of cheap trumperies.
trumpery 以辅音字母 r 加 y 结尾,变复数时要把 y 改成 i 再加 -es,所以复数形式是 trumperies,不能直接加 -s 写成 trumperys。
grammar · medium
易错句子He dismissed the rumor as a trumpery.
正确表达He dismissed the rumor as trumpery.
表示“胡说、废话”时,trumpery 是不可数名词,前面不能用不定冠词 a;as trumpery 表示“当作废话”,符合原意。
trinket 是可数名词,指一件具体的小饰物;trumpery 通常作不可数名词,统称华而不实的杂物,贬义更重,还可指“废话”。
rubbish 是日常英式口语,不可数,可指垃圾或“胡说”,美式多用 garbage、trash;trumpery 的“废话”义偏古旧、文学化,且更常指华而不实的杂物,日常口语不用它表示垃圾。
travesty 与 trumpery 拼写、读音相近(都以 tr- 开头、-y 结尾),但 travesty 指对事物的荒诞歪曲或拙劣模仿,如 a travesty of justice;trumpery 指华而不实的杂物或废话,二者意义不同,不能互换。
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