rent-a-
prefix
UKdisapprovinguk/ren.tə-/us/ren.t̬ə-/used when aperson, thing, orgroupofpeopleseemsto have beenrentedfor aparticularpurposeand is notsincere:
雇用的；动机不纯的；雇来装样子蒙混的Most of thepeopleon theprotestseemedto be rent-a-mob, notrealsupporters.大多数抗议者好像是花钱雇来的乌合之众，并不是真正支持抗议活动的。
humorousOldrent-a-quote is alwaysturningup on TV to give hisopinions.那个拾人牙慧的老家伙总是上电视发表他的观点。
Affected & insincere
- affectation
- affected
- affectedly
- archly
- artificial
- feyness
- forced
- fustian
- glib
- glibly
- posey
- preciously
- preciousness
- precocious
- precociousness
- theatrically
- tokenism
- tokenistic
- two-faced
- ultra-slick