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。
• 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。
• At the Munich Olympics in 1972, therefore, the IOC introduced some newfangled chemical tools: gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy.
  因此，在1972年的慕尼黑奥运会上，国际奥委会引入了一些崭新的化学工具：气相色谱法和质谱法联用。
• You quickly conclude that this newfangled chainsaw thing is just a fad, and you go back to chopping down trees with your axe.
  您很快就会得出结论，电锯这种新工具只不过是一种时尚，最后还是改用斧子来砍树。
• 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。
• Interested in 37 newfangled apps that will save you 0.01 percent on travel for the coming year?
  在新的一年里，有37个新奇的app能给你省0.01%的旅费。你有兴趣吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。