flummery

flummery

美 ['flʌməri]  英 ['flʌməri]

  • n.废话;(尤指)无聊(或虚假)的恭维话
  • 网络假恭维;面粉糊;麦片制的粥

英汉双解

n.
1.
废话;(尤指)无聊(或虚假)的恭维话nonsense, especially praise that is silly or not sincere
She hated the flummery of public relations.
她讨厌公关工作中的虚夸恭维。

英汉解释

n.
1.
假恭维,废话
2.
面粉糊;冻状食品;柔软易食的食物(尤指燕麦粥,乳蛋黏糊;乳蛋甜点心)

英英解释

n.

例句

Where was our great Island heritage portrayed in all this flummery ?

在这堆假恭维里头,我们这个伟大岛屿的传承表现在何处?

great Island heritage portrayed in all this flummery?

我们这个伟大岛屿的传承却无处可见。

Yet behind this diplomatic flummery was the story that is further feeding Japan's many insecurities.

然而,这种外交恭维背后的故事,进一步引发了日本的诸多不安情绪。

As a work in progress, the parliament invents its own flummery.

议会正在发展中,它发明了自己打马虎眼的方式。

All the rest is flummery.

其它什么都是废话。

but her father , who is quite as opposed to such flummery as i , says that can be cured.

不过她的父亲和我一样反对她这种俗套,说这种毛病是可以治好的。