Trumpery

(n.) Deceit; fraud.

(n.) Something serving to deceive by false show or pretense; falsehood; deceit; worthless but showy matter; hence, things worn out and of no value; rubbish.

(a.) Worthless or deceptive in character.

整理:莱克格斯

• In that case there is no need for me to write about the trumpery scandal by which I was the sufferer--the innocent sufferer, I positively assert. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He has already turned his state-room into a museum of worthless trumpery, which he has gathered up in his travels. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• All he saw was the trumpery parasol that arched its pinkness above her giggling head. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• The organisation is a very trumpery affair, according to our ideas, I have no doubt. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• But Rawdon flung open boxes and wardrobes, throwing the multifarious trumpery of their contents here and there, and at last he found the desk. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Get out wid ye, ye trumpery,--I won't have ye round! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I knew the warrior's secret now; I knew the hollow vanity of his rusty trumpery, and despised his asinine complacency. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• YOU slander the young lady; you with your affections and hearts and trumpery,' returned Mr Boffin. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• This yer religion is all a mess of lying trumpery, Tom. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Thoughtless and superficial people may say, Here is surely a very trumpery little incident related in an absurdly circumstantial manner. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• It's the way to make any trumpery tempting, to ticket it at a high price in that way. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Trumpery little scandals and quarrels in the town, some of them as much as a month old, appeared to recur to his memory readily. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.

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