I had expected an American senator to be as pompous and flatulent as a British MP.

我原以参议员会和英下院议员样华而不实、自命不凡。

Contemporary, give a person with pure and fresh, lively effect, but have again coxcombical, gewgaw be short of.

现代，给人以清新、活泼之效，但又有虚浮、华而不实之缺。

Gone are the support suspenders and gaudy steel rings that strangled the tower for much of the last decade.

过去十几年间斜塔周起支撑作用的吊杆和绕在塔身上的华而不实的钢圈现已荡然无存。

The new collections of custom furs around town reveal plenty of folderol , but there are practical things too.

市上大批新的定做的皮衣中有许多是华而不实的,但有些实用的东西。