| 单词 | glib |
| 释义 | glib (once / 2543 pages) adj A hiring manager might think you're being glib, or slick and insincere, if you say you've led a successful multinational corporation when you were actually in charge of flipping burgers for a fast-food restaurant chain. The word glib might be used to describe the slick car salesman who uses his polished sales pitch to talk his customers into buying lemons. In fact, the word comes from old German and Dutch words for "slippery," another word that could be used to describe the very same salesman. In addition to meaning "smooth" and "persuasive," glib can be applied to the kind of thoughtless comment that could get you into big trouble. Telling your boss that you had a "hot time" with his daughter is the kind of glib remark that could end your career. WORD FAMILYglib: glibber, glibbest, glibly, glibness USAGE EXAMPLESSome were reassuring, some were glib, some were funny – actually probably only one was funny – and the rest were just lovely. The Guardian(Dec 23, 2016) There are lots of glib things said about the rise of populism. BBC(Dec 16, 2016) Describing Scurvy as a 'bit of a lemon' would be glib and unfair. Nature(Dec 13, 2016) 1adj artfully persuasive in speech a glib tongue Syn glib-tongued, smooth-tongued persuasive intended or having the power to induce action or belief 2adj having only superficial plausibility glib promises Syn pat, slick plausible apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful 3adj marked by lack of intellectual depth glib generalizations a glib response to a complex question Syn superficial concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually |
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