glib

英 [ɡlɪb]

美 [ɡlɪb]

adj.  油腔滑调的; 不诚恳的; 未经思考的; 肤浅的

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BNC.21385 / COCA.19183

牛津词典

adj.

• 油腔滑调的；不诚恳的；未经思考的；肤浅的
  using words that are clever, but are not sincere, and do not show much thought
  1. a glib salesman
     油嘴滑舌的推销员
  2. glib answers
     未经思考的回答

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 轻率的；随便说出口的
  If you describe what someone says asglib, you disapprove of it because it implies that something is simple or easy, or that there are no problems involved, when this is not the case.
  1. ...the glib talk of 'past misery'...
     对“昔日苦难”的轻描淡写
  2. Mr. Lewis takes an insufferably glib attitude toward it all.
     刘易斯先生对这一切不以为意，令人厌恶。

英英释义

adj

• artfully persuasive in speech
  1. a glib tongue
  2. a smooth-tongued hypocrite
  Synonym:glib-tonguedsmooth-tongued
• having only superficial plausibility
  1. glib promises
  2. a slick commercial
  Synonym:patslick
• marked by lack of intellectual depth
  1. glib generalizations
  2. a glib response to a complex question

双语例句

• A pithy statement& glib, even.
  一番简洁有力的陈述&甚至可以说巧舌如簧。
• Mr. Lewis takes an insufferably glib attitude toward it all.
  刘易斯先生对这一切不以为意，令人厌恶。
• He has a glib tongue.
  这人挺有几句嗑儿。
• His answer was just too glib.
  他的回答太圆滑了。
• She's always ready with a glib excuse. Pulley bearings are frictionless.
  她老是有圆滑的借口。滑轮轴承是无摩擦的。
• Now this is a glib explanation.
  这是一个即席即兴的解释。
• David: Too glib, and it's been done.
  大卫：太随便了，而且，这已经做了。
• It is just too glib to blame crime on unemployment and poverty.
  将犯罪归咎于失业和贫穷也太肤浅了。
• Griffiths is glib and has a lot of superficial information on a number of subjects.
  格里菲思能说会道，对许多问题都有点一知半解。
• A glib door to door salesman sold her a set of books that she did not want.
  能说会道的推销员，向她推销了一套她根本不想买的书。