shoddy
英 ['ʃɒdɪ]
美['ʃɑdi]
- n. 赝品；冒牌货；假装粗俗
- adj. 假冒的；劣质的；卑劣的
词态变化
比较级: shoddier;最高级: shoddiest;副词: shoddily;名词: shoddiness;
助记提示
音：售低，卖低价，因为质量次
便宜没好货，好货不便宜。
便宜没好货，好货不便宜。
英英释意
- 1. reclaimed wool fiber
英文词源
- shoddy (adj.)
- 1862, "having a delusive appearance of high quality," a Northern word from the American Civil War in reference to the quality of government supplies for the armies, from earlier noun meaning "rag-wool, wool made of woolen waste and old rags" (1832), perhaps a Yorkshire provincial word, of uncertain origin.
Originally used for padding, English manufacturers began making coarse wearing clothes from it, and when new it looked like broad-cloth but the gloss quickly wore off, giving the stuff a bad reputation as a cheat. The 1860 U.S. census of manufactures notes import of more than 6 million pounds of it, which was "much used in the manufacture of army and navy cloths and blankets in the United States" according to an 1865 government report.The Days of Shoddy, as the reader will readily anticipate, are the opening months of the present war, at which time the opprobrious name first came into general use as a designation for swindling and humbug of every character; and nothing more need be said to indicate the scope of this novel. [Henry Morford, "The Days of Shoddy: A Novel of the Great Rebellion in 1861," Philadelphia, 1863]
Related: Shoddily; shoddiness.
实用场景例句
- We rap the manufacturers on their knuckles if the toy is shoddy.
- 如果玩具质量低劣，我们会痛斥制造商。
柯林斯例句
- It is a fairly shoddy way to treat an employee.
- 这样对待雇员真是十分可鄙.
《简明英汉词典》
- He accused the garage of shoddy workmanship on the bodywork.
- 他指责汽车修理厂车身修理工艺拙劣.
《简明英汉词典》
- This is a shoddy piece of work ; it's hardly presentable.
- 这 活儿 不像样,拿不出手.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The market was glutted with shoddy goods.
- 次货充斥市场.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- We must put quality before quantity ; We should rather go without than have something shoddy.
- 我们必须重视质量,宁缺毋滥.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- I'm normally quick to complain about shoddy service.
- 对劣质服务我通常会立刻投诉。
辞典例句
- It is up to the teacher not to accept shoddy work.
- 教师不应接受敷衍潦草的作业.
互联网
- His essay was a pretty shoddy piece of work.
- 他写的文章很蹩脚.
互联网
- Our new washing - machine keeps breaking down it's entirely due to shoddy workmanship.
- 我们的新洗衣机老出毛病 -- 完全是因为做的质量太差.
互联网
- Factories turned out shoddy and overpriced items. Many houses went private.
- 工厂生产出大量劣质高价的产品, 许多房子纷纷出售给私人.
互联网
- He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials.
- 他的手工做得毛毛糙糙,用的材料也是次品.
互联网
- The fake and shoddy goods gave rise to the consumers'complaints.
- 假冒伪劣商品引起了消费者的投诉.
互联网
- The shoddy product will even create the damage to the engine.
- 劣质产品甚至会对发动机造成损伤.
互联网
- He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior maaterials.
- 他的手工作的毛毛躁躁,用的材料也是次品.
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