1. 1華而不實、虛有其表(指這種性質)

    Meretriciousness is the name for that false shine itself — the quality of looking attractive while having little real value, or of not being based on the truth. You use it when you want a noun, not an adjective: not “a show”, but “the meretriciousness of the show”. It is even more formal and than , and rather ; it belongs in essays and reviews, not in everyday talk. The meaning is the same empty glitter; only the grammar has changed.

core核心畫面

組成meretricious + -ness. The ending -ness is the old English way to turn a quality-word into a noun (kind → kindness). For the Latin inside meretricious, see that word: meretrīx from mereō, “to earn”.

同家族的字

  • meretriciousthe adjective this noun is built from
  • meritsame Latin mereō, “to earn” — but merit is real worth, not this fake shine

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

meretriciousnessnoun

  • 1

    The property of being meretricious.

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