trappings

英 [ˈtræpɪŋz]

美 [ˈtræpɪŋz]

n.  (与某一处境、职业或社会地位有关的)身外之物，标志，服装

Collins.1 / COCA.11010

牛津词典

noun

• （与某一处境、职业或社会地位有关的）身外之物，标志，服装
  the possessions, clothes, etc. that are connected with a particular situation, job or social position
  1. They enjoyed all the trappings of wealth.
     他们享有所有象征财富的东西。

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL (权力、财富、工作等带来的)装点之物，额外实惠
  Thetrappingsof power, wealth, or a particular job are the extra things, such as decorations and luxury items, that go with it.
  1. The family were in government for several generations and evidently loved the trappings of power.
     那个家族好几代人都曾在政府任职，显然对随权力而来的各种额外实惠情有独钟。

英英释义

noun

• (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel
  Synonym:furnishing

双语例句

• He have the trappings of high office but no real power.
  他空有高官的派头却并无实权。
• Nelson Mandela sacrificed the usual trappings of a good life – family, comfort, professional success – to spend 27 years as a prisoner of conscience in his fight against apartheid.
  纳尔逊•曼德拉在反对种族隔离的斗争中牺牲了家庭、舒适和职业成功等美好生活的传统标识，以一位良心犯的身份，度过了长达27年的牢狱之灾。
• An ornamental covering for a horse or for its saddle or harness; trappings.
  为马或其鞍或挽具而备的一个装饰性的遮盖物；马饰。
• He enjoyed the trappings of power, such as a chauffeur-driven car and bodyguards.
  他喜欢讲究权势的排场，例如雇有司机的汽车和保镖。
• Japan, India and China have taken on the material trappings of Modernism: skyscrapers, rail systems, telecoms networks, parliaments, judiciaries and, in some cases, ballot boxes.
  日本、印度和中国呈现出了现代主义的物质外表：摩天大楼、轨道交通系统、电信网络、议会、司法体系以及（在某些情况下）投票箱。
• He needs no trappings of fame.
  他不需要名声的虚饰。
• He also shuns the trappings of wealth.
  佩尔穆特还避免炫富。
• The family were in government for several generations and evidently loved the trappings of power.
  那个家族好几代人都曾在政府任职，显然对随权力而来的各种额外实惠情有独钟。
• The goal of training promising teachers had been lost in the shuffle of educational trappings.
  由于在教学设备问题上纠缠不休，优秀老师的培养目标问题反而被忽略了。
• The imperial trappings were gone but underneath still lay the rotten body of medieval life.
  帝国官吏的顶戴花翎不见了，但是社会仍然保持中世纪的腐朽形态。