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

• He's a glib, self-centred man.
  他是个油嘴滑舌、以自我为中心的人。
• 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。
• 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。
• David: Too glib, and it's been done.
  大卫：太随便了，而且，这已经做了。
• He has a glib tongue.
  这人挺有几句嗑儿。
• 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。
• His answer was just too glib.
  他的回答太圆滑了。
• 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》）
• Glib promises and unconvincing excuses.
  不真诚的保证和地。
• CHASE: Nietzsche wouldn't have been so glib if he'd been prescribed melarsoprol.
  如果也让尼采注射美拉胂醇哒话，她就不会讲这风凉话鸟。