glib

adjective
🔊/ɡlɪb/
🔊/ɡlɪb/
(disapproving)
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  1. (of speakers and speech演讲者或演讲) using words that are clever, but are not sincere, and do not show much thought油腔滑调的;不诚恳的;未经思考的;肤浅的
    • a glib salesman油嘴滑舌的推销员
    • glib answers未经思考的回答
    • He had assumed that his glib explanations would convince us.他以为他的善解人意的解释会说服我们。
    • It would be glib to suggest that she did it deliberately.建议她故意这样做是很高兴的。
    Word Originlate 16th cent. (also in the sense ‘smooth, unimpeded’): ultimately of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ‘slippery’ and German glibberig ‘slimy’.