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单词 glibly
释义
glibly
adverb
disapproval
uk
/ˈɡlɪb.li/us
/ˈɡlɪb.li/
in a way that isconfident, but is toosimpleandlackscarefulthought:
信口开河地
Hespokeglibly about aneconomicrecoveryjust around thecorner.他滔滔不绝地谈着即将到来的经济复苏。
Wetalkglibly aboutadventurethesedays, but this is atrueadventure.我们现在都爱津津乐道地谈论冒险，但这是一次真正的冒险。
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  • It is notsensibleto gliblydismisswholefieldsofacademicendeavour.
  • Hetalkedglibly aboutfightingandwinningnuclearwars.
  • Ithinkwe need to be verycarefulin glibly saying what is and isn'tart.
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  • glibness
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(Definition ofgliblyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofglibly

glibly
This is a phrase which is usedgliblyby professionals in their justifications for all kinds of decisions.
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Neither does it seem that we cangliblyassign the incidence of such disputes to changes in social structure.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Obviously, many of those who talkgliblyabout globalization know no economics.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Her last days were not happy ones; her sorrow is not to begliblyexplained, as it has been done, as merely the result of personal selfishness and eccentricity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
So perhaps we should not be surprised that polar writers have generally avoided the subject, preferring the quick returns from subjects moregliblyresearched and profitable.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I recognise, however, the tragedy that is involved in talkinggliblyabout natural exhaustion and closing down uneconomic pits.
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These amounts, of billions of pounds, about which we speak soglibly, are increasing.
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A case of that sort shows that it is no good to talkgliblyabout finality.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Whence comes that "plenty" which is sogliblyspoken of?
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
When internment was introduced in 1971, with 1,400 people detained, apparently it was saidgliblythat it would all be over in three weeks.
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We talkgliblyabout when the upturn will come.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We talk toogliblyabout "the family" and, if we want to be politically correct, we say that all families are equal.
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We talk rathergliblyabout the taxpayer on the one hand and the ratepayer on the other, but who are they as actual individuals?
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Nobody can talkgliblyabout closing lines, as has been done in the past, without recognising that hundreds of thousands of people will be affected.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There is the problem of dealing with modernisation, which is often talked about far tooglibly.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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