汉英词典
MEANING OF 濫竽充數
濫竽充數
(滥竽充数)
lit. to play the yu 竽 mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom); fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products / to masquerade as having an ability / token member of a group
There is no such thing as a prostitute, and the secondary goods are pretending to be good
齐宣王用三百人吹竽，南郭先生不会吹，混在中间充数（见于《韩非子 ·内储说上》）。比喻没有真正的才干，而混在行家里面充数，或拿不好的东西混在好的里面充数。
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她是个滥竽充数的演员。 She is a sorry apology for an actor. | ||
他是个滥竽充数的演员。 He is a poor apology for an actor. | ||
和她相比，我觉得自己是滥竽充数。 Next to her I felt like a fraud. | ||
他抨击了行业中的滥竽充数。 He deprecated the low quality of entrants to the profession. | ||
他不过是一名滥竽充数的美国戏剧研究者。 He is a poor apology for a researcher of the American drama. | ||
队内管理人员考核人员不得徇私舞弊导致滥竽充数。 Fleet management evaluation may not lead to corrupt doctors. | ||
十年前，纳普斯特兴起之时，由两三首优质曲目及众多滥竽充数歌曲拼凑的音乐CD，商店售价达14.99美元，美国境外售价更高。 When Napster emerged ten years ago, music CDs containing two or three good tracks and a lot of padding were sold in shops for $14.99, and often more outside America. | ||
