tawdriness

tawdriness

1. "Petty Bourgeoisie": a Life of Trying to Get Rid of Tawdriness

"小资":一种企图脱俗的生活方式

2. the streets are safer than they were five years age;Broadway, which seemed to be succumbing to the tawdriness of its environment, is astir again.

与五年前相比较，如今纽约的街道更安全了，曾一度似乎是在繁华旖旎的环境包围之下一蹶不振的百老汇大街如今又呈现出勃勃的生机。

3. The tawdriness[4] of their public-relations tour, which has them climbing a cardboard Mount Suribachi to cheering crowds, proves more corrosive than the horrors of battle.

为了扩大宣传，这些人被迫登上纸板做的“摺钵山”接受人们的欢呼。

4. The tawdriness of their public-relations tour, which has them climbing a cardboard Mount Suribachi to cheering crowds, proves more corrosive than the horrors of battle.

他们庸俗不堪的政府公关之旅，使得他们在欢呼的人群中登上了微缩的假“拆钵山”。这表明了恶俗的战争宣传造势比战争本身的恐惧更能腐蚀人心。