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。
• 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。
• Glib generalizations; a glib response to a complex question.
  粗略的概括；对复杂问题的粗略的肤浅的回答。
• His answer was just too glib.
  他的回答太圆滑了。
• 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。
• His opponents say he is glib and deceitful.
  他的对手说他油嘴滑舌，谎话连篇。
• He's a glib, self-centred man.
  他是个油嘴滑舌、以自我为中心的人。
• His glib talk sounds as sweet as a song.
  他说的比唱的还好听。
• She's always ready with a glib excuse.
  她老是有圆滑的借口。
• He's got a glib tongue.
  他口齿伶俐。