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

glib

/ɡlɪb

adjective (glibber, glibbest)

(Of words or a speaker) fluent but insincere and shallow: the glib phrases soon roll off the tongue...

In general I try to avoid the easy, the glib, and the oversimplified in my books.
Listen to some glib talk by speakers at the ground-breaking ceremony of the project and infer what you can.
This scheme finally gives real meaning to the glib phrase ‘low cost housing’.

Synonyms

slick, pat, neat, plausible, silky, smooth-talking, fast-talking;

smooth, urbane, smooth-tongued, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken;

fluent, voluble, loquacious, having kissed the Blarney Stone;

disingenuous, insincere, facile, shallow, superficial, simplistic, oversimplified, easy, ready, flippant

informal flip, sweet-talking, with the gift of the gab

Derivatives

glibly

/ˈɡlɪbli

/ adverb ...

The story is so broad in scope, yet so glibly simplified, each element is glanced over lightly.
But it can also lead to impulsive behavior (ready, shoot, aim) and confident leaders who glibly take their followers over a cliff.
People who talk glibly about ‘intelligence failure’ act as if intelligence agencies that are doing their job right would know everything.

glibness

/ˈɡlɪbnəs

/ noun ...

It is a valuable and articulate polemic against the glibness of liberal internationalism, its ideological license and its bouts of arrogance.
If you're able to say that with such disgusting and self-important glibness, you are putting yourself on the same moral level with the monsters who did this crime.
It happens, of course, but the glibness with which it's used to build up the character bothers me.

Origin

Late 16th century (also in the sense 'smooth, unimpeded'): ultimately of Germanic origin; related to Dutch 'slippery' and German glibberig 'slimy'.

There are a number of other words, such as greasy, oily, and slimy, that link the idea of smoothness and slipperiness with insincere speech or behaviour. To give a glib answer is to speak fluently but insincerely and shallowly; one of its first meanings, in the late 16th century, was ‘smooth or unimpeded’. It is ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Dutch glibberig ‘slippery’, and German glibberig ‘slimy’.

单词	glib
释义	glib /ɡlɪb / adjective (glibber, glibbest) (Of words or a speaker) fluent but insincere and shallow: the glib phrases soon roll off the tongue... In general I try to avoid the easy, the glib, and the oversimplified in my books. Listen to some glib talk by speakers at the ground-breaking ceremony of the project and infer what you can. This scheme finally gives real meaning to the glib phrase ‘low cost housing’. Synonyms slick, pat, neat, plausible, silky, smooth-talking, fast-talking; smooth, urbane, smooth-tongued, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken; fluent, voluble, loquacious, having kissed the Blarney Stone; disingenuous, insincere, facile, shallow, superficial, simplistic, oversimplified, easy, ready, flippant informal flip, sweet-talking, with the gift of the gab Derivatives glibly /ˈɡlɪbli / adverb ... The story is so broad in scope, yet so glibly simplified, each element is glanced over lightly. But it can also lead to impulsive behavior (ready, shoot, aim) and confident leaders who glibly take their followers over a cliff. People who talk glibly about ‘intelligence failure’ act as if intelligence agencies that are doing their job right would know everything. glibness /ˈɡlɪbnəs / noun ... It is a valuable and articulate polemic against the glibness of liberal internationalism, its ideological license and its bouts of arrogance. If you're able to say that with such disgusting and self-important glibness, you are putting yourself on the same moral level with the monsters who did this crime. It happens, of course, but the glibness with which it's used to build up the character bothers me. Origin Late 16th century (also in the sense 'smooth, unimpeded'): ultimately of Germanic origin; related to Dutch 'slippery' and German glibberig 'slimy'. There are a number of other words, such as greasy, oily, and slimy, that link the idea of smoothness and slipperiness with insincere speech or behaviour. To give a glib answer is to speak fluently but insincerely and shallowly; one of its first meanings, in the late 16th century, was ‘smooth or unimpeded’. It is ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Dutch glibberig ‘slippery’, and German glibberig ‘slimy’. Rhymes bib, crib, dib, fib, jib, lib, nib, rib, sib, snib, squib
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glibly

glibness

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