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单词 meretricious
释义 mer·e·tri·cious
\|merə.|trishəs\ adjective
Etymology: Latin meretricius, from meretric-, meretrix
1. : of or relating to a prostitute : having a harlot's traits
 < the Pennsylvania court … did not believe that there was a common-law marriage here, but merely a meretricious relationship — Morris Ploscowe >
2. : exhibiting synthetic or spurious attractions : based on pretense or insincerity : cheaply ornamental
 < what counts in a boat is design and seaworthiness, not the meretricious attractions of newness — New Yorker >
 < might have had fortune from the beginning if she had been willing to appear in meretricious plays — E.C.Wagenknecht >
Synonyms: see gaudy
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