newfangled

英 [ˌnjuːˈfæŋɡld]

美 [ˌnuːˈfæŋɡld]

adj.  新奇怪异的; 时髦复杂的

过去式：newfangled　

BNC.44454 / COCA.22899

牛津词典

adj.

• 新奇怪异的；时髦复杂的
  used to describe sth that has recently been invented or introduced, but that you do not like because it is not what you are used to, or is too complicated

柯林斯词典

• ADJ (新想法或新设备)太复杂的，不必要的，时髦复杂的
  If someone describes a new idea or a new piece of equipment asnew-fangled, they mean that it is too complicated or is unnecessary.
  1. Mr Goss does not believe in any of this 'new-fangled nonsense' about lean meat.
     戈斯先生一点儿都不相信有关瘦肉的这种“奇谈怪论”。
  2. ...a newfangled tax structure.
     过于复杂的税收结构

英英释义

adj

• (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new
  1. newfangled ideas
  2. she buys all these new-fangled machines and never uses them
  Synonym:new

双语例句

• Interested in 37 newfangled apps that will save you 0.01 percent on travel for the coming year?
  在新的一年里，有37个新奇的app能给你省0.01%的旅费。你有兴趣吗？
• No doubt they'll produce some newfangled gadget to dispose of it.
  无疑他们会搞出点什么新玩意儿来把它处理掉。
• I really dou't understand these newfangled computer games that my children are always playing.
  我真弄不懂我的孩子们总在玩的新式电脑游戏。
• With newfangled technology like CD recording, newer versions of these programs are best.
  由于采用了诸如CD刻录之类的新兴技术，最好使用这些程序的较新版本。
• But if what you want is a real firehose of visitors, no newfangled social network can compete with the Drudge Report.
  但要比比谁是网络流量最大的驱动力，没有任何一家新兴的社交媒体可以比得过德拉吉报道（DrudgeReport）网站。
• The book ends with an assurance that far from newfangled and faddish, frugal innovation is a return to the principles of the industrial revolution.
  这本书以一项拒绝新奇和时髦的保证结尾：节约式创新是向工业革命原则的回归。
• After all, many of the newfangled instruments that dominate today's debt markets have never been tested in a serious panic.
  毕竟，支配当前债务市场的许多全新工具从未在严峻的恐慌局势中得到检验。
• I am ashamed to say on occasion I have fallen for ridiculous prospects: timber in Peru, female-only gyms, newfangled car alarms – to name but a few.
  说来惭愧，我也有好几次醉心于一些荒谬的前景&比如秘鲁的木材、女性专用健身房、新颖的汽车报警器，等等。
• Yet advertisers still treat it as a newfangled invention yet to prove its worth.
  但广告商们仍将智能手机看成是一种价值有待证明的新鲜发明。
• He did not want to write testimonials, he said, or answer questions concerning the operation of the "newfangled thing".
  他说他不想写什么证明材料，也不愿意回答关于使用那台“新玩意儿”的问题。