potboiler

noun

1. 为赚钱创作的书籍（或戏剧等）；营利文艺
   a book, a play, etc. that is produced only to earn money quickly

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 a potboiler, you mean that it has been created in order to earn money quickly and is of poor quality.

1. This is just another legal potboiler.
   这就是另一本法律题材的烂作。
2. Her most recent potboiler was one of last year's bestselling paperbacks.
   她最近的急就章是一本去年出的畅销的平装书。

noun

1. a literary composition of poor quality that was written quickly to make money (to boil the pot)