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

• Old-fashioned compasses and newfangled infrared thermometers also come into play.
  旧式圆规和栖息红外测温仪也开始发挥作用。
• 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。
• No doubt they'll produce some newfangled gadget to dispose of it.
  无疑他们会搞出点什么新玩意儿来把它处理掉。
• 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？
• They have not been updated since 1996 and do not include such newfangled inventions as video game consoles and GPS devices.
  相关规则自1996年以来就没有更新过，也没有覆盖视频游戏机、GPS设备之类的创新产品。
• Still daunted by the thought of reprogramming your VCR, let alone your newfangled DVD?
  还在想着要给你的录像机（更不用说最新流行的dvd）重新编制程序吗？
• 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 most profound fallacy is the newfangled idea that misalignment of incentives in banks caused the housing bubble a bubble that, when it burst, shook the economy to its foundations.
  最深刻的谬论是一种新思想：银行不当的激励机制导致了房地产泡沫，这个泡沫在破裂时，从根基上动摇了经济。
• 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！
• After all, many of the newfangled instruments that dominate today's debt markets have never been tested in a serious panic.
  毕竟，支配当前债务市场的许多全新工具从未在严峻的恐慌局势中得到检验。