Of the meretricious splendour I had heard so much there is not a trace.
我听到过很多对此地豪华装饰的描述,但是我找不到一丝这样的痕迹。
2
The perspective just as moral truths, that are presented in their simplicity without the meretricious AIDS of ornament or glitter.
远景就象真理一样的朴实无华,没有任何矫揉造作和脑人耳目的虚饰。
3
It was a platinum fob chain simple and chaste in design, properly proclaiming its value by substance alone and not by meretricious ornamentation — as all good things should do.