英语词汇“potboiler”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	potboiler
释义	Trends of potboiler View usage for: potboiler (pɒtbɔɪləʳ) also pot-boiler Word forms: plural potboilers countable noun If you describe a book or film as a potboiler, you mean that it has been created in order to earn money quickly and is of poor quality. [disapproval] potboiler in British English (ˈpɒtˌbɔɪlə) noun informal a literary or artistic work of little merit produced quickly in order to make money potboiler in American English (ˈpɑtˌbɔɪlər) noun a piece of writing, a painting, etc., usually inferior, done quickly and for money only Examples of 'potboiler' in a sentence potboiler `A potboiler 's a term we use to describe an inferior work of art that's done purely for money. MacNeill, Alistair ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH' (2003) `The old potboiler could have been bought, or stolen, anywhere in the world at any time up to three, four years ago. MacNeill, Alistair ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH' (2003) All the forger had to do was find a potboiler dating back to the seventeenth century. MacNeill, Alistair ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH' (2003) On the table, by my bed, lay a book I had just started rereading, a potboiler to take my mind off the trials of my day. William Lashner FATAL FLAW (2003)
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