1.为快速赚钱而粗制滥造的书籍(或电影)
If you describe a book or film as apotboiler, you mean that it has been created in order to earn money quickly and is of poor quality.
1. 粗制滥造作品:potboil 粗制滥造 |potboiler 粗制滥造作品 | potboy 侍者
2. 蹩脚:doggerel打油诗 |potboiler蹩脚 | doldrums情绪低落
3. 为混饭吃而粗制滥造的文艺作品:potboil 为混饭吃而粗制滥造 |potboiler 为混饭吃而粗制滥造的文艺作品 | potboypotman 酒馆的侍童
4. (粗制滥造品):the Strongest(美) |potboiler(粗制滥造品) | do a wip-round凑份子
他只想粗制滥造地写一本书致富。
What could have been a standard potboiler of a sequel turns out to be one of the more creative and steady scary movies of the year?是什么使一部普通的粗制滥造作品的续集能变成今年的一部更有创意的恐怖电影呢?
Tom Clancy predicted this exact scenario in his 1991 potboiler The Sum of All Fears -- and it remains a perennial of public discussion.汤姆.克兰西在其1991年出版的小说《恐惧的总和》(又译《惊天核网》)中,预测了这一确切的场景,这引发了公众长时间的讨论。