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

• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Standard a newfangled normative form for single eigenvalue systems
  单特征值系统的特殊标准形
• 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？
• Neither piracy laws nor newfangled ideas offer creative types a reliable path to prosperity.
  无论是反盗版法还是这些新奇的想法，都不能保障产业模式的创新有可靠地收入。