Glib

(adj.) artfully persuasive in speech; 'a glib tongue'; 'a smooth-tongued hypocrite' .

(adj.) having only superficial plausibility; 'glib promises'; 'a slick commercial' .

(adj.) marked by lack of intellectual depth; 'glib generalizations'; 'a glib response to a complex question' .

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• Not quite so glib with this answer as with the previous two, Mr Riderhood gave in the definition, 'Waterside character. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• It is too widespread for any such glib explanation. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The Count's glib cynicism had revealed a new aspect of his nature from which we both recoiled. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Nobody's at home at present,' returned the child, with a glib assertion of her dignity, 'except the person of the house. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• That, observes Sir Leicester with unspeakable grandeur, for he thinks the ironmaster a little too glib, must be quite unnecessary. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I know that syndicalism means a revision of some of our plans--that it is an intrusion upon many a glib prejudice. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

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