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

• At the Munich Olympics in 1972, therefore, the IOC introduced some newfangled chemical tools: gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy.
  因此，在1972年的慕尼黑奥运会上，国际奥委会引入了一些崭新的化学工具：气相色谱法和质谱法联用。
• With newfangled technology like CD recording, newer versions of these programs are best.
  由于采用了诸如CD刻录之类的新兴技术，最好使用这些程序的较新版本。
• Imagine the marketing campaign for these newfangled paper-based products: Tired of that tangle of chargers, one for each digital thingy?
  想像一下为这些新奇的纸质产品进行的市场营销活动：你是否已厌倦了乱糟糟一堆、每个只能匹配一个数码产品的充电器？
• Interested in 37 newfangled apps that will save you 0.01 percent on travel for the coming year?
  在新的一年里，有37个新奇的app能给你省0.01%的旅费。你有兴趣吗？
• I really dou't understand these newfangled computer games that my children are always playing.
  我真弄不懂我的孩子们总在玩的新式电脑游戏。
• 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？
• He did not want to write testimonials, he said, or answer questions concerning the operation of the "newfangled thing".
  他说他不想写什么证明材料，也不愿意回答关于使用那台“新玩意儿”的问题。
• Many teachers are engaged in various teaching competitions and measure their abilities with others by newfangled methods and ingenious class structures.
  老师们陷身在各种各样的赛课中，以方法的新奇和课堂结构的精巧在比拼着各自的实力。
• The book ends with an assurance that far from newfangled and faddish, frugal innovation is a return to the principles of the industrial revolution.
  这本书以一项拒绝新奇和时髦的保证结尾：节约式创新是向工业革命原则的回归。
• 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。