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

• 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。
• David: Too glib, and it's been done.
  大卫：太随便了，而且，这已经做了。
• A glib talker, salesman, etc plausible glib talk ( especially useful to a salesperson).
  油嘴滑舌的谈话者、推销员等油嘴滑舌的游说（尤其是对售货员有用）。
• 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。
• If that was too glib, are the new China and Russia threatening to Western interests?
  如果这个问题显得滑头，那么就问一下这个问题：新的中国和俄罗斯是否正在威胁西方的利益？
• A pithy statement& glib, even.
  一番简洁有力的陈述&甚至可以说巧舌如簧。
• He's a glib, self-centred man.
  他是个油嘴滑舌、以自我为中心的人。
• 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。
• He's got a glib tongue.
  他口齿伶俐。
• 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。