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

• 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。
• The Chinese would have enormous interest in this newfangled technology, said the person involved in confronting the Pakistanis.
  中国方面对这种新颖的技术会有极大兴趣，上述参与质问巴方的人士表示。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。