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

• I shall borrow a little boat and make a little trip over the river and trust to my glib tongue to set north and South at each other's throats.
  亮（诸葛亮）借一帆风，直至江东，凭三寸不烂之舌，说南北两军互相吞并。（《三国演义》）
• 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。
• Can we be glib and ignore it?
  我们能轻松点把它忘了吗？
• 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？
• Griffiths is glib and has a lot of superficial information on a number of subjects.
  格里菲思能说会道，对许多问题都有点一知半解。
• His glib talk sounds as sweet as a song.
  他说的比唱的还好听。
• A pithy statement& glib, even.
  一番简洁有力的陈述&甚至可以说巧舌如簧。
• His answer was just too glib.
  他的回答太圆滑了。
• David: Too glib, and it's been done.
  大卫：太随便了，而且，这已经做了。