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

• Now this is a glib explanation.
  这是一个即席即兴的解释。
• Some people have a glib tongue but an empty head.
  有些人喜欢夸夸其谈，其实肚子里却是空空如也。
• When people ask us about Baupost's risk controls, we have no glib answer.
  当人们问起我们Baupost的风险控制，我们回复不是油腔滑调的。
• 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。
• And let me close with another thought. I am far from glib about the economy.
  让我以另一种思想来作为结束。
• This allows for efficient multiplexed I/ O or integration with Glib's mainloop.
  这允许高效的多路复用I/O或者与Glib的mainloop的集成。
• He's a glib, self-centred man.
  他是个油嘴滑舌、以自我为中心的人。
• She's always ready with a glib excuse.
  她老是有圆滑的借口。
• A pithy statement& glib, even.
  一番简洁有力的陈述&甚至可以说巧舌如簧。
• 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。