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单词 superficiality
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superficiality
noun
uk
/ˌsuː.pəˌfɪʃ.iˈæl.ə.ti/us
/ˌsuː.pɚ.fɪʃ.iˈæl.ə.t̬i/

superficialitynoun(LACK OF IMPORTANCE)

[U]
thefactof neverthinkingabout things that areseriousorimportant:
He wasaccusedof superficiality, unreliability, and alackofconvictions.
It'samazinghow having ababytakesaway any superficiality orvanity.
[UorC]usuallydisapproving
thefactofseemingto be good orimportant, but of having norealvalue:
Shecontrastedthe superficiality ofcelebritylifewith thesatisfactionofsocialactivism.
She canseebeyond the superficialities of asocietyobsessedwithmoney,class, andsocialmores.
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Not showing careful thought
  • airily
  • airiness
  • airy
  • bash
  • bashsomethingout
  • cuff
  • frivolity
  • frivolous
  • frivolously
  • ill-conceived
  • incautious
  • non-thinking
  • off the cuffidiom
  • preconceived
  • shallow
  • shallowly
  • shallowness
  • thoughtless
  • unconsidered
  • unthinking
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Seeming and purporting to be

superficialitynoun(INCOMPLETENESS)

[UorC]usuallydisapproving
thefactof not beingcompleteandinvolvingonly the mostobviousthings:
表面化
Newsmediais oftenaccusedof superficiality initscoverageofreligion.新闻媒体经常被指责对宗教做肤浅的报道。
While much of thedebateisstuckin superficialities,deeperissuesoccasionallyflashintoview.虽然大部分辩论都停留在表面上，但更深层次的问题偶尔会闪现。
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Incomplete
  • Anglocentric
  • Anglocentrism
  • broad brush
  • demi-
  • Eurocentric
  • extent
  • half
  • imperfect
  • imperfectly
  • in a manner of speakingidiom
  • incomplete
  • incompletely
  • incompleteness
  • partly
  • patchily
  • patchiness
  • patchy
  • scratch/scrape the surfaceidiom
  • semi
  • surface
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superficial
(Definition ofsuperficialityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
superficiality
noun
uk
/ˌsuː.pəˌfɪʃ.iˈæl.ə.ti/us
/ˌsuː.pɚ.fɪʃ.iˈæl.ə.t̬i/

superficialitynoun(INCOMPLETENESS)

[UorC]usuallydisapproving
thefactof not beingcompleteandinvolvingonly the mostobviousthings
表面化
Newsmediais oftenaccusedof superficiality initscoverageofreligion.新闻媒体经常被指责对宗教做肤浅的报道。
While much of thedebateisstuckin superficialities,deeperissuesoccasionallyflashintoview.虽然大部分辩论都停留在表面上，但更深层次的问题偶尔会闪现。

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Examplesofsuperficiality

superficiality
Since the late nineteenth century, when the expression 'master of none' became attached, the phrase has commonly been associated with disparagement andsuperficiality.
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The affectation of this transgressive coloratura insinuates a commonsuperficialitylinking the traditionally alien genres of opera and techno-disco.
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The psychoanalytic establishment, presumably concerned aboutsuperficiality, has on the whole ignored these experiments.
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That this is traceable to the conditions of modern life - its instabilities andsuperficiality, its elevation of consumption over sturdy production - is a commonplace.
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Such simplistic formulations add little to the analysis, and leave an impression of haste andsuperficiality.
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Similar degrees ofsuperficialityoccur throughout the text.
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There is always the danger ofsuperficialityin the latter approach.
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In other words, thesuperficialityof his reform programme is to some extent predictable.
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The comparisons he presents lose considerable force because of their selectiveness andsuperficiality.
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It concerns externals and superficialities whose irrationality does no harm.
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In between, the format and content varies in quality and ranges from excellent reading to boredom andsuperficiality.
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Superficialityis poor company for medicine, but mysteries are worse.
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The book then falls into the usual superficialities regarding ' caudillismo ' in the early republics, covering the whole continent and the whole nineteenth century.
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This is a huge task of great magnitude, and as the book is quite short it suffers from the expected omissions and superficialities.
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By comparing himself to a worn-out ghost-show illusion fortunate even to have been relegated to the "variety" circuit, he confirms his evanescence, his nearly comicsuperficiality.
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