And what a business, too, trade, my dear, so tawdry.

什么是做生意？不就是做买卖嘛，天哪！这也太俗了吧？

It might be a decision to conduct a tawdry affair.

也许是决定搞风流韵事。

You want me to use my intelligence in a tawdry competition?

你想让我把才智浪费在这种华而不实的比赛上吗？

I wouldn't like to see this family dragged into a tawdry, local brouhaha.

我不希望这个家庭被牵扯进本地的闹剧。

This is not some tawdry affair, Mr. Loomis.

这不是什么龌龊的婚外情 卢米斯先生。

She was so natural that she made Elliott, for all his elegance, look rather tawdry.

都令人振奋。 她是如此自然， 以至于埃利奥特虽然优雅， 却显得相当俗气。

Long lines of dull brick houses were only relieved by the coarse glare and tawdry brilliancy of public-houses at the corner.

直到在街角看到一些粗俗、耀眼的酒肆以前，两旁一直都是连续不断的暗灰色的砖房。

I'll have to subsist on tales of your deliciously tawdry exploits now.

我以后只能靠听你俗艳的感情故事过活了。

The clothes he wore were in tatters, but he entered a tawdry tavern.

他衣衫褴褛地进了一间俗丽的酒馆。

It was a tawdry affair, all Cupids and cornucopias, like a third-rate wedding-cake.

这是一件俗气的事情，全是丘比特和聚宝盆，就像一个三流的结婚蛋糕。