| 单词 | glib |
| 释义 | glib (glɪb ) adjective If you describe what someone says as glib, you disapprove of it because it implies that something is simple or easy, or that there are no problems involved, when this is not the case. [disapproval] ...the glib talk of 'past misery'. Mr. Lewis takes an insufferably glib attitude toward it all. Synonyms: smooth, easy, ready, quick glibly adverb [ADVERB with verb] We talk glibly of equality of opportunity. Collocations: glib answer There is no glib answer to why suffering is part of the divine plan. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The glib answer was that the feeling was mutual. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The glib answer to the question'What makes a good restaurant? Times, Sunday Times (2006) The glib answer is that there cannot be, because it takes two to fight a war. Times, Sunday Times (2015) |
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