gimmickry
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈɡɪm.ɪ.kri]
- 美式音标 [ˈɡɪm.ɪ.kri]
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基本解释
- n.花招;伎俩
英汉例句
- The band make lean, controlled music, free of obvious gimmickry and, writing about them, it's tough to stay away from talk of minimalism, of craft, of "tightness".
他们的音乐精瘦、克制,不耍一看就穿的花招,写他们时往往难以避免提到简约主义、精雕细琢和干练。 - Both moves have been criticised in the Israeli peace camp as cheap gimmickry (the mild critics), outright demagoguery (the moderate critics) or incipient fascism (the severe critics).
以色列和平阵营对于这两种行为行为的批评为拙劣的伎俩(温和的批评)、纯碎的煽动(中等的批评)或者是早期的法西斯主义(严重的批评)。 - The company has since largely backed away from beta gimmickry; among other reasons, it discovered that big corporate customers aren't so excited by products that claim to be unfinished.
自从这个公司在很大程度上躲开了测验的把戏,也有别的原因,它就发现大企业的客户对声言未完成的产品不会抱有多大激情。 - This is evidence that the company's growth and profitability are genuine, not contrived from accounting gimmickry.
FORBES: Cytyc: Testing Positive For Growth - It actually met its earnings targets quarter after quarter, but it did it by all sorts of gimmickry.
NPR: Enron Update: Second Witness Takes the Stand - For much of the twentieth century, nearly ubiquitous cigarette advertisements encouraged smoking through both overt and subliminal gimmickry.
FORBES: The Fat Lady's Soda Song: Sugary Beverages Cause Obesity
双语例句
权威例句
英英字典
- the act of using gimmicks, especially in order to make a product or activity more successful
- If you describe features or actions as gimmickry, you mean they are not necessary or useful, and their only purpose is to attract attention or publicity.