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.
  1. 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”。
  2. ...a newfangled tax structure.
     过于复杂的税收结构

英英释义

adj

• (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new
  1. newfangled ideas
  2. she buys all these new-fangled machines and never uses them
  Synonym:new

双语例句

• At the same time, in literature and in other arts, a newfangled modernism celebrated formal, structural qualities, inner coherence and self-reference.
  与此同时，在文学和其他艺术领域，出现了一种崭新的现代主义，它崇尚形式和结构的特质，追求内部的一致性和自我指涉。
• The big three ETF managers BlackRock, State Street and vanguard want to protect their franchises by drawing a line between "physical" ETFs and newfangled derivatives, some of which are leveraged.
  三大etf管理公司贝莱德、道富银行和先锋集团希望划清“实物”etf和新型衍生品（其中一些已被杠杆化）之间的界限，以保护它们的业务。
• I really dou't understand these newfangled computer games that my children are always playing.
  我真弄不懂我的孩子们总在玩的新式电脑游戏。
• Old-fashioned compasses and newfangled infrared thermometers also come into play.
  旧式圆规和栖息红外测温仪也开始发挥作用。
• The Chinese would have enormous interest in this newfangled technology, said the person involved in confronting the Pakistanis.
  中国方面对这种新颖的技术会有极大兴趣，上述参与质问巴方的人士表示。
• After all, many of the newfangled instruments that dominate today's debt markets have never been tested in a serious panic.
  毕竟，支配当前债务市场的许多全新工具从未在严峻的恐慌局势中得到检验。
• 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。
• Newfangled corporate social responsibility ( CSR) types are bewitched by the idea that there is a tension between business and society.
  比较新潮的公司社会责任（corporatesocialresponsibility，csr）又太过强调商业利益与公众利益之间存在的紧张对立。
• But if what you want is a real firehose of visitors, no newfangled social network can compete with the Drudge Report.
  但要比比谁是网络流量最大的驱动力，没有任何一家新兴的社交媒体可以比得过德拉吉报道（DrudgeReport）网站。
• 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。