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

• 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。
• The fellow has a very glib tongue.
  这家伙嘴油得很。
• Can we be glib and ignore it?
  我们能轻松点把它忘了吗？
• He's a glib, self-centred man.
  他是个油嘴滑舌、以自我为中心的人。
• Now this is a glib explanation.
  这是一个即席即兴的解释。
• He has a glib tongue.
  这人挺有几句嗑儿。
• His opponents say he is glib and deceitful.
  他的对手说他油嘴滑舌，谎话连篇。
• You should use colloquial language but avoid being glib, he said.
  他说：你应该使用口语化语言，但要避免肤浅的油腔滑调。
• David: Too glib, and it's been done.
  大卫：太随便了，而且，这已经做了。
• 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。