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单词 hokum
释义
hokum
noun[U]
mainlyUSinformal
uk
/ˈhəʊ.kəm/us
/ˈhoʊ.kəm/
afilm,play, ortelevisionprogrammethat does not showlifeas it really is:
（电影、戏剧或电视节目）不现实的，胡编乱造的，低劣的
As awholetheserieswas never less thanwatchable- hokum,perhaps, butentertaining.整体上来说，这部系列剧还是有些看头的——或许有些胡编乱造，但还是挺有意思的。
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(Definition ofhokumfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

hokum| American Dictionary

hokum
noun[U]
us
/ˈhoʊ·kəm/
nonsense:
Thisreporton thecausesofcrimeispurehokum.
(Definition ofhokumfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhokum

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This particular piece ofhokumis still invoked today and is frequently trundled out as one of the reasons why academic organicists fail to embrace scientific and statistical methodology.
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To my mind, that is so muchhokum.
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All thishokumabout whether people should or should not pay their bills is irrelevant.
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I think this was all scientifichokum, and no investigation of it was made as it should have been.
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As usual, the theatre has lavished a lot of wealth and talent on thishokum.
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Gittins ended his review classifying the band as a completehokumand yet oddly enjoyable.
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Hokumenjoyed the license to be outrageous, since the clowning was purportedly all in fun.
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She's playing with a bag of clichs, but she's so plucky and likable, you overlook thehokum.
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Admirers ofhokumwarmed to its slyness and the seeming innocence that provided a context for simplistic shenanigans.
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Whilehokummocked the propriety of polite society, the presumptions and pretensions of the parodists were simultaneous targets of the humor.
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In the rural south in particular,hokumheld on.
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When you're performing thishokum, you need a heavyweight cast to give it credibility.
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Despite thehokumdished out, the actors concerned turn in creditable performances.
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You're writing horror epics when the audience has become increasingly numbed by cinematichokumand stale ideas.
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Hershfield's enthusiastic kidding of this sort of cliffhangerhokumdid little to sour the public on its conventions.
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