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
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
英英解釋
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”,《金沙江大裂變》則是錯誤百出的大雜燴。
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?伍德沃最新的白宮紀實文學——“奧巴馬的戰爭”,除了粗制濫造之外,還是一篇關于奧巴馬無人可用的文章。
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、粗制濫造的作品,而抱怨他的優秀作品受到讀者不公正的對待。
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.
在文學界這個被稱作盈利文學,也就是一些在真正的大作出版之前用于賺一點小錢的出版物。