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单词 trumpery
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Definition of trumpery in English:

trumpery

nounPlural trumperies ˈtrʌmp(ə)riˈtrəmp(ə)ri
mass nounarchaic
  • 1Attractive articles of little value or use.

    花哨而无价值(或无用)的东西

    None of your woollen drapery, nor linen drapery, nor any of your frippery or trumpery. I hate ostentation
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The 2000 or so mercers included great merchants engaged in international trade and small traders selling trumpery objects from their shops.
    • All along the extent of the corridor, in little alcoves, there are stalls of shops, kept principally by women, who, as you approach, are seen through the dusk offering for sale… multifarious trumpery.
    Synonyms
    trinkets, baubles, cheap finery, knick-knacks, ornaments, bibelots, gewgaws, gimcracks
    1. 1.1 Practices or beliefs that are superficially or visually appealing but have little real value or worth.
      表面上吸引人实际无价值的做法(或看法)
      he exposed their ideals as trumpery
      theatrical trumpery
      as modifier that trumpery hope which lets us dupe ourselves

      令我们自欺欺人的痴心妄想。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • An assertion of absolute moral superiority in the form of black-shirted nuclear families - spiritual trumpery via breeding.
      • In fact, it's even more important to bring a critical eye to bear on issues of such import, if only to avoid the kind of moral trumpery that goes on in these sorts of letters.
      • The weight and rhythms of Spanish expression transport me; its physicality, drama, and lack of trumpery I find breathtaking.
      • You mean to tell me I gave the book up for nothing but trumpery?
      • Long ago ‘elegant’ was turned from a word denoting the essence of refinement and beauty, into gaudy trumpery.
adjective ˈtrʌmp(ə)riˈtrəmp(ə)ri
archaic
  • 1Showy but worthless.

    花哨而无价值的

    trumpery jewellery

    花哨而无价值的珠宝。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A gipsy boy, with whom I was on friendly terms, used to travel about this part of the country selling trumpery brooches and ornaments.
    • Descriptions of the artist in his painting room ‘up to his ears in the trumpery he had been collecting for many a year’ include these panels, which he hoped ‘to use… in some way that may add to their value.’
    Synonyms
    showy, gaudy, garish, vulgar, tasteless
    1. 1.1 Delusive or shallow.
      虚妄的;欺骗的;肤浅的
      that trumpery hope which lets us dupe ourselves

      令我们自欺欺人的痴心妄想。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Deploring the damage done by gulfs between creeds and cultures, he opens up a crevasse between the seemingly serious intent of his novel and the trumpery nature of its techniques.
      • We need not neglect all our work for a trumpery incident of this nature; though I am quite aware that little things please little minds.

Origin

Late Middle English (denoting trickery): from Old French tromperie, from tromper 'deceive'.

Definition of trumpery in US English:

trumpery

nounˈtrəmp(ə)riˈtrəmp(ə)rē
archaic
  • 1Attractive articles of little value or use.

    花哨而无价值(或无用)的东西

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The 2000 or so mercers included great merchants engaged in international trade and small traders selling trumpery objects from their shops.
    • All along the extent of the corridor, in little alcoves, there are stalls of shops, kept principally by women, who, as you approach, are seen through the dusk offering for sale… multifarious trumpery.
    Synonyms
    trinkets, baubles, cheap finery, knick-knacks, ornaments, bibelots, gewgaws, gimcracks
    1. 1.1 Practices or beliefs that are superficially or visually appealing but have little real value or worth.
      表面上吸引人实际无价值的做法(或看法)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • An assertion of absolute moral superiority in the form of black-shirted nuclear families - spiritual trumpery via breeding.
      • The weight and rhythms of Spanish expression transport me; its physicality, drama, and lack of trumpery I find breathtaking.
      • You mean to tell me I gave the book up for nothing but trumpery?
      • In fact, it's even more important to bring a critical eye to bear on issues of such import, if only to avoid the kind of moral trumpery that goes on in these sorts of letters.
      • Long ago ‘elegant’ was turned from a word denoting the essence of refinement and beauty, into gaudy trumpery.
adjectiveˈtrəmp(ə)riˈtrəmp(ə)rē
archaic
  • 1Showy but worthless.

    花哨而无价值的

    trumpery jewelry

    花哨而无价值的珠宝。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A gipsy boy, with whom I was on friendly terms, used to travel about this part of the country selling trumpery brooches and ornaments.
    • Descriptions of the artist in his painting room ‘up to his ears in the trumpery he had been collecting for many a year’ include these panels, which he hoped ‘to use… in some way that may add to their value.’
    Synonyms
    showy, gaudy, garish, vulgar, tasteless
    1. 1.1 Delusive or shallow.
      虚妄的;欺骗的;肤浅的
      that trumpery hope which lets us dupe ourselves

      令我们自欺欺人的痴心妄想。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • We need not neglect all our work for a trumpery incident of this nature; though I am quite aware that little things please little minds.
      • Deploring the damage done by gulfs between creeds and cultures, he opens up a crevasse between the seemingly serious intent of his novel and the trumpery nature of its techniques.

Origin

Late Middle English (denoting trickery): from Old French tromperie, from tromper ‘deceive’.

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