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单词	meretriciousness
释义	meretriciousmer‧e‧tri‧cious /ˌmerəˈtrɪʃəs◂/ adjective formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINmeretricious Origin: 1600-1700 Latin meretricius, from meretrix ‘prostitute’, from merere; ➔ MERIT1 Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a meretricious argument EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A meretricious populism and pretentious sectarianism have between them squeezed out everything else. A more simplistic or more meretricious film would have played those two worlds against each other. He surfed big conditions with disdainful ease, a slightly meretricious casualness. It's also curious how most of these groups have written at least one song about the meretricious lure of the capital. Products range from the truly estimable and inspired to the merely pretty and, sometimes, meretricious. something that is meretricious seems attractive but has no real value or is not based on the truth:  meretricious research—meretriciousness noun [uncountable]
随便看	perspicacious perspicaciously perspicacity perspiration perspire persuade persuasion persuasive persuasively persuasiveness pert pertain Perth Perth and Kinross pertinacious pertinaciously pertinacity pertinence pertinent pertinently pertly pertness perturb perturbation perturbed

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