The movie was criticized for its meretricious special effects.

这部电影因其华而不实的特效而受到批评。

She wore a meretricious dress that caught everyone's eye but lacked elegance.

她穿了一件华而不实的裙子，吸引了所有人的目光，但缺乏优雅。

The product's meretricious packaging made it look more valuable than it actually was.

这个产品的华而不实的包装让它看起来比实际更有价值。

His speech was filled with meretricious rhetoric that failed to convince the audience.

他的演讲充满了华而不实的修辞，未能说服观众。

The decoration in the room was meretricious and did not impress anyone.

房间里的装饰华而不实，没有给人留下深刻印象。

Of the meretricious splendour I had heard so much there is not a trace.

我听到过很多对此地豪华装饰的描述，但是我找不到一丝这样的痕迹。

I saw the beauty of Shangri-la, the meretricious of Dali, the impatience of Lijiang, and the uneducated people of Yunnan.

见识了香格里拉的美，见识了大理的俗，见识了丽江的躁，也见识到了云南人的蛮。