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! - You quickly conclude that this newfangled chainsaw thing is just a fad, and you go back to chopping down trees with your axe.
您很快就会得出结论,电锯这种新工具只不过是一种时尚,最后还是改用斧子来砍树。 - 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。 - Still daunted by the thought of reprogramming your VCR, let alone your newfangled DVD?
还在想着要给你的录像机(更不用说最新流行的dvd)重新编制程序吗? - Using your newfangled administrator's menu bar, choose User Management>Roles.
使用您新创建的管理员菜单栏,选择UserManagement>Roles。 - At the Munich Olympics in 1972, therefore, the IOC introduced some newfangled chemical tools: gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy.
因此,在1972年的慕尼黑奥运会上,国际奥委会引入了一些崭新的化学工具:气相色谱法和质谱法联用。 - 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? - Standard a newfangled normative form for single eigenvalue systems
单特征值系统的特殊标准形 - 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。 - I am ashamed to say on occasion I have fallen for ridiculous prospects: timber in Peru, female-only gyms, newfangled car alarms – to name but a few.
说来惭愧,我也有好几次醉心于一些荒谬的前景&比如秘鲁的木材、女性专用健身房、新颖的汽车报警器,等等。