potboiler

potboiler

美 [?pɑt?b??l?r]  英 [?p?t?b??l?(r)]

  • n.為賺錢創作的書籍(或戲劇等);營利文藝
  • 網絡粗制濫造的作品;粗制濫造的文藝作品;粗制濫造作品

詞形變化

復數:potboilers  

英漢雙解

n.
1.
為賺錢創作的書籍(或戲劇等);營利文藝a book, a play, etc. that is produced only to earn money quickly

英漢解釋

n.
1.
〔文〕粗制濫造的文學藝術作品
2.
為賺稿費而粗制作品的作家

英英解釋

n.

例句

Reportage is not a "historiette" , so "The Big Fission of Jinsha River" is just a potboiler.

報告文學不是史話”,《金沙江裂變錯誤百出大雜燴

BOB WOODWARD'S latest fly-on-the-wall White House potboiler, "Obama's Wars" , is among other things an essay in the loneliness of command.

鮑勃?最新白宮紀實文學——“奧巴馬戰爭”,除了粗制濫造之外關于奧巴馬無人可用文章

The author of a good novel wouldn't complain that readers were unfair for preferring a potboiler with a racy cover.

作家不會僅僅因為讀者喜歡封面惡俗粗制濫造作品抱怨優秀作品受到讀者不公正對待

In literary circles this is known as created a potboiler, that is, something to make a little bit of money before the real prize is issued.

文學界這個稱作盈利文學也就是一些真正大作出版之前用于一點小錢出版物