英[ˌmerə'trɪʃəs]美[ˌmerə'trɪʃəs]
记忆方法
词源记忆法
来自拉丁语meretrix，妓女，来自mereri，挣钱，赚取自己应得的部分，来自PIE*mer，smer，砍，切，分配，词源同merit，polymer.-trix，表阴性，词源同dominatrix.字面意思即赚钱的女人，用于委婉语指妓女。并由此引申多种贬义词义。最终词源可能同market，mercy.
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双解例句
adjective(形容词)
小知识
Have you ever heard the phrase “fake it until you make it”? That is advice that encourages you to be meretricious, pretending to be something you aren't, like the meretricious flaunting of gigantic fake diamond earrings, pretending they are real — and that you can afford them.
To correctly pronounce meretricious, accent the third syllable: “mer-uh-TRISH-us.” Don't mistake something that is meretricious for having merit. In fact, it is just the opposite. From an expensive restaurant that looks expensively furnished but when the lights are turned up, you can see that “leather” chairs are just cheap vinyl or a woman who pretends her counterfeit handbags are designer originals, meretricious actions are meant to deceive.