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单词 glib
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glib

adjective
/ɡlɪb/
/ɡlɪb/
(disapproving)
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  1. (of speakers and speech) using words that are clever, but are not sincere, and do not show much thought
    • a glib salesman
    • glib answers
    • He had assumed that his glib explanations would convince us.
    • It would be glib to suggest that she did it deliberately.
    Word Originlate 16th cent. (also in the sense ‘smooth, unimpeded’): ultimately of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ‘slippery’ and German glibberig ‘slimy’.
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