newfangled
英 [ˌnjuːˈfæŋɡld]
美 [ˌnuːˈfæŋɡld]
adj. 新奇怪异的; 时髦复杂的
过去式:newfangled
BNC.44454 / COCA.22899
牛津词典
adj.
- 新奇怪异的;时髦复杂的
used to describe sth that has recently been invented or introduced, but that you do not like because it is not what you are used to, or is too complicated
柯林斯词典
- ADJ (新想法或新设备)太复杂的,不必要的,时髦复杂的
If someone describes a new idea or a new piece of equipment asnew-fangled, they mean that it is too complicated or is unnecessary.- Mr Goss does not believe in any of this 'new-fangled nonsense' about lean meat.
戈斯先生一点儿都不相信有关瘦肉的这种“奇谈怪论”。 - ...a newfangled tax structure.
过于复杂的税收结构
- Mr Goss does not believe in any of this 'new-fangled nonsense' about lean meat.
英英释义
adj
- (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new
- newfangled ideas
- she buys all these new-fangled machines and never uses them
双语例句
- We need better teachers, not newfangled ideas of education!
我们需要更好的教师,而不是新花样的教育思想! - Imagine the marketing campaign for these newfangled paper-based products: Tired of that tangle of chargers, one for each digital thingy?
想像一下为这些新奇的纸质产品进行的市场营销活动:你是否已厌倦了乱糟糟一堆、每个只能匹配一个数码产品的充电器? - Yet advertisers still treat it as a newfangled invention yet to prove its worth.
但广告商们仍将智能手机看成是一种价值有待证明的新鲜发明。 - At the same time, in literature and in other arts, a newfangled modernism celebrated formal, structural qualities, inner coherence and self-reference.
与此同时,在文学和其他艺术领域,出现了一种崭新的现代主义,它崇尚形式和结构的特质,追求内部的一致性和自我指涉。 - Interested in 37 newfangled apps that will save you 0.01 percent on travel for the coming year?
在新的一年里,有37个新奇的app能给你省0.01%的旅费。你有兴趣吗? - So automotive radios were offered with a newfangled panel consisting of a half-dozen chrome-plated buttons, each of which would twist the tuner to a preset station.
所以汽车收音机都提供了一种新奇的仪表盘,由6个镀铬合金的按钮组成,每一个都有事先调好的波段。 - Newfangled corporate social responsibility ( CSR) types are bewitched by the idea that there is a tension between business and society.
比较新潮的公司社会责任(corporatesocialresponsibility,csr)又太过强调商业利益与公众利益之间存在的紧张对立。 - He did not want to write testimonials, he said, or answer questions concerning the operation of the "newfangled thing".
他说他不想写什么证明材料,也不愿意回答关于使用那台“新玩意儿”的问题。 - I really dou't understand these newfangled computer games that my children are always playing.
我真弄不懂我的孩子们总在玩的新式电脑游戏。 - With newfangled technology like CD recording, newer versions of these programs are best.
由于采用了诸如CD刻录之类的新兴技术,最好使用这些程序的较新版本。