shoddy
英 ['ʃɒdɪ]
美 ['ʃɑdi]
- n. 贗品；冒牌貨；假裝粗俗
- adj. 假冒的；劣質的；卑劣的
助記提示
音：售低，賣低價，因為質量次
便宜沒好貨，好貨不便宜。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. We rap the manufacturers on their knuckles if the toy is shoddy.
- 如果玩具質量低劣，我們會痛斥製造商。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. American customers no longer tolerate shoddy goods.
- 美國的顧客不再容忍劣等貨了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. It is a fairly shoddy way to treat an employee.
- 這樣對待雇員真是十分可鄙.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. He accused the garage of shoddy workmanship on the bodywork.
- 他指責汽車修理廠車身修理工藝拙劣.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. This is a shoddy piece of work ; it's hardly presentable.
- 這 活兒 不像樣,拿不出手.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》