单词 | potboiler |
释义 | potboiler From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Literaturepotboilerpot‧boil‧er /ˈpɒtˌbɔɪlə $ ˈpɑːtˌbɔɪlər/ noun [countable]ALa book or film that is produced quickly to make money and which is not of very high quality, especially one that is exciting or romanticExamples from the Corpuspotboiler• These are performances to make you forget these are pieces usually treated as potboilers.• Pukhov, a careerist painter, sacrifices his artistic integrity by cynically painting potboilers to please factory and party committees.• The title, like nearly everything else in this brilliant, incisive political potboiler, is well-nigh perfect. |
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