gaudy: implies a tasteless use of overly bright, often clashing colors or excessive ornamentation: circus performers in ~ costumes. 如she was tricked out in gaudy dress她穿得华丽而俗气 clash冲突，clashing colors衣着颜色不协调 可以把这个词联想成"高低"
tawdry: applies to what is at once gaudy and cheap and sleazy: ~ saloons along the waterfront. （sleazy 1、肮脏dirty and unpleasant，如a sleazy bar/night-club乌烟瘴气的酒吧/污秽的夜总会 2、堕落不正派低级粗俗immoral and unpleasant，如a sleazy reporter不正派的记者, 如sex shops and sleazy magazines性用品商店和粗俗低级的杂志； 这个词常在政治新闻节目中出现，攻击对方） 这个词是St Audrey's lace的缩写，原指脖子上的丝带，后形容俗丽廉价低劣，如tawdry jewellery/imitation/ornaments俗丽而不值钱的首饰/仿制品/装饰，如本例廉价俗气的沙龙，赫本的全名是Audrey Hepburn，竟然和tawdry有联系
garish: describes what is distressingly or offensively bright: ~ signs the casinos. 如费城故事里，被告曾嫌一位黑人女士的耳环太"garish"，希望她更"American"一些，那位女士在法庭答道: it's American,... African American法庭上的人开心大笑，她的白色耳环让人印象深刻，garish这个词表示明亮刺眼不舒服
flashy: implies an effect of brilliance quickly and easily revealed to be shallow or vulgar: a ~ nightclub act with leggy chorus girls. 又如flashy car/hotel/personality华而不实的跑车/豪华(贬)的宾馆/花拳绣腿的花招/招摇的个性 (flash闪亮implies a sudden, transient burst of bright light突然而短暂的亮光，如lightning flash闪电光，a police car with a flashing light一辆装有闪光灯的警车，如I took it with flash用闪光灯拍照)
meretricious: stresses falsity and may describe a tawdry show that beckons with a false allure or promise: a ~ wasteland of nightclubs and bars. meretricious原意是娼妓的形容词of a prostitute，强调虚假falsity，又如a meretricious style/praise/ornamentation华而不实的文体/言不由衷的恭维/俗丽的装饰（如使用假冒伪劣） （beckon召唤招手吸引to make a gesture with the hand, arm, or head to encourage or instruct someone to come nearer or follow用手、臂或头鼓励或命名某人靠近或跟上，如he beckoned me to come nearer他招手叫我，如lush grasslands beckoned the herdsman肥沃的草地吸引了牧人，如the mountains beckon青山诱人）
gaudy俗丽: 指衣着亮丽，但俗气没品味，tawdry俗丽: 指一看便知俗丽廉价低劣，garish刺眼: 指明亮到让人难忍，flashy浮华招摇肤浅: 指闪亮惊艳，但很快便知肤浅俗气，meretricious俗丽: 强调虚假的美丽魅丽诱惑
记忆方法: 1）首字母GTGFM想成光涂膏抹粉<==俗丽
2）俗丽的意思是粗俗廉价地炫耀mean vulgarly or cheaply showy. vulgar粗俗庸俗lacking good taste; unrefined，如a vulgar check suit/joke俗气的格子西装/粗俗的玩笑
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