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

• We need better teachers, not newfangled ideas of education!
  我们需要更好的教师，而不是新花样的教育思想！
• Still daunted by the thought of reprogramming your VCR, let alone your newfangled DVD?
  还在想着要给你的录像机（更不用说最新流行的dvd）重新编制程序吗？
• So automotive radios were offered with a newfangled panel consisting of a half-dozen chrome-plated buttons, each of which would twist the tuner to a preset station.
  所以汽车收音机都提供了一种新奇的仪表盘，由6个镀铬合金的按钮组成，每一个都有事先调好的波段。
• 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。
• The most profound fallacy is the newfangled idea that misalignment of incentives in banks caused the housing bubble a bubble that, when it burst, shook the economy to its foundations.
  最深刻的谬论是一种新思想：银行不当的激励机制导致了房地产泡沫，这个泡沫在破裂时，从根基上动摇了经济。
• Yet advertisers still treat it as a newfangled invention yet to prove its worth.
  但广告商们仍将智能手机看成是一种价值有待证明的新鲜发明。
• They have not been updated since 1996 and do not include such newfangled inventions as video game consoles and GPS devices.
  相关规则自1996年以来就没有更新过，也没有覆盖视频游戏机、GPS设备之类的创新产品。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。