when we look at fashion trends of bygone eras, they often look tacky - especially the elaborate designs of clothing and hairdos.
回顾流年岁月的时尚潮流,他们常常显得俗不可耐——尤其那些精心打造的服装和发型设计。
i made you wear that tacky french maid costume to my friend’s party!
那次万圣节,你非让我穿那件难看得要命的法国女仆装!
fascinating additions to the english countryside, but now they have become tacky vehicles for corporations to advertise just about anything.
麦田怪圈曾一度给英国乡村增添了迷人的色彩,但现在已经演变成各公司俗气的宣传手段。
apple has been willing to produce the ipod nano and ipod shuttle in a variety of tacky colors for years now.
苹果生产有各种各样俗气颜色的ipodnano和ipodshuttle长达几年了;不过苹果的主线产品都是单色的。
the built-in templates have long been ugly, the clip-art tacky and the animations risible.
长期以来,它的内置模板一直丑陋难看,剪贴画俗不可耐,动画引人发笑。
fashion is so transient that the forgotten and that previously judged as tacky eventually gets picked up again, to be re-conditioned to be deemed fashionable - albeit in a (neo-)retro way.
时尚转瞬即逝,以至于那些已被忘却的和曾被认为俗气的东西,再次受人追捧,再次焕发活力,再次被认为很「潮」——虽然是以「复古」的方式。
more shocking, dubai, which has reinvented itself as a luxury destination (albeit of a somewhat tacky sort), has been bailed out by its neighbours within the united arab emirates.
更令人震惊的是,将自己重新改造为奢侈之乡的迪拜(尽管有点俗气),已经被其邻居阿拉伯联合酋长国注资支持。
the celebrities who lent their name to planet hollywood probably no longer relish being associated with a tacky fast-food chain that has gone bankrupt twice.
将自己的名字借给好莱坞星球的名人或许不再乐意与破产两次的寒酸的快餐链联系起来。
the 「south bank show」 has for years been almost the only serious regular culture programme on itv, britain’s main commercial broadcaster, the intellectual conscience of an increasingly tacky network.
「南岸秀」作为英国主要的商业广播机构itv的一档固定节目,多年来一直秉承严肃的文化主题风格。在这么一个日渐俗套的电视网络中,它还留有知识分子的良知。
when moving from clip to clip, stick to simple jump cuts and dissolves, rather than the dozens of tacky special-effect transitions built into editing packages today.
在片断之间切换时,最好是运用简单的跳越剪辑和淡出效果,而不要用如今的编辑工具包里设置的数十种俗不可耐的特效转换。
although make up can do wonders for a person, it can make you look fake or tacky if done the wrong way.
化妆可以很大地改变一个人,但化不好也会让你变得虚假俗气。 因此,妆容以淡为好。
short skirts, overly high heels, flashy makeup, pale jeans, and anything really tacky or dated is generally a no.
短裙、过高的高跟鞋、华而不实的化妆、灰白的牛仔裤,以及那些俗气的和过时的衣着都是不可取的。
invest in a website that works: if your website looks tacky and out of date, potential guests will assume the same about your guest rooms.
如果你的网站看起来非常俗气和落伍,潜在的顾客会猜想你的客房也是一样的过时陈旧。