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smarm如何读

英：[smɑrm]

美：[smɑrm]

smarm是什么意思

n.掩饰；阿谀；说奉承话

smarm词根

词根：smarm

adj.

smarmy 爱说奉承话的；虚情假意的

smarm英英释义

n.excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm

smarm词源中文解释

1914年，源自俚语动词 smalm， smarm “涂抹，涂油膏”（在头发上），始见于1847年，起源不明，可能与动作有关。动词意义上的“用谄媚的话涂抹”始于1902年。

smarm词源英文解释

back-formation from smarmy

The first known use of smarm was in 1937

smarm 例句

1 Where Tony Stark has both charm and smarm in equal measures, The Atom, is almost dopey and eager to please.

2 So precise, so meticulously sensitive to the details, to the cadence and lingo of that podcast, his conversation with two sycophantic guests (played with pitch-perfect smarm by Jeremy Levick and Rajat Suresh) is a master class in sounding absolutely earth-shattering while saying precisely nothing.

3 Kimmel's "10 at 10" appearance had none of the usual easy smarm that comes from simply making a crack in a monologue.

4 Clooney seems to have settled into a comfortable vibe of playing characters balanced on the exact cutting point between charm and smarm.

5 He needles Paul about religion and politics, and when the smarm he receives in return becomes too much to bear, he tells Maha he’s ready to throw him off the balcony.

6 That barreling is assisted mightily by the two male characters in the narrative, who take turns maximizing smarm and misogyny.

7 In a way, Ms. Upton’s casting is part of the joke of the movie — that smarmy men will always smarm their way toward younger and more beautiful women.

8 And if Black isn’t available for this brief, dismissive cameo, call up Brett Gelman, whose facial hair and smarm are practically unparalleled.

9 The issue is how to ensure the audience’s belief that the 12-year-old Adam Reed (Walker Scobell) could grow up into a future-self played by Ryan Reynolds, a problem solved by forcing the actor’s trademark smarm into the mouth of an innocent child.

10 The first moments of that first episode take you straight to the heart of the 1970s, some depth of garishness and smarm unleavened by irony, which possibly hadn’t been invented yet.

11 He ably, and with no small amount of smarm, deflected every one of those efforts, leaning heavily on clichés about judicial independence.

12 Confidence quickly curdles into arrogance; smarts turn to smugness, charm turns to smarm.

13 The episode “Nosedive” warns that the drive for social media likes will create a society of enforced saccharine smarm.

14 And with Trump still holding a small but significant lead over his rivals in national polling, the smarm is only getting worse.

15 He is clearly still allergic to phoniness and smarm, not least when he identifies them in himself.

16 He plays Dean’s calculated smarm with such precise calibration that the audience loves him and finds him a complete buffoon in equal measure.

17 For all this success, there’s not a trace of industry smarm about her, though.

18 The smarm coming from Republicans is easy enough to explain; if he wins the nomination or runs as a third-party candidate, the GOP will lose in 2016.

19 Producing smarm at the high level of “When Harry Met Sally” requires special talent, and when you fall short all you’re left with is garden-variety smarm.

20 In its first three seasons, which aired from 2001 to 2005, “Project Greenlight” was best at demonstrating both the smarm and heartbreak that color the dreadful compromises between art and commerce.