英语单词 | censorious |
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英美音标 | [sen'sɔ:riəs] |
中文释义 | adj.受批判的,挑剔的 |
vocabulary简明 | Censorious, an adjective, describes people who are so critical, they find something wrong in everything. Do not let censorious guests come to your next dinner party! |
vocabulary扩展 | Censorious, pronounced "sen-SOAR-ee-us," comes from the Latin word censura, meaning "judgment." Someone who is censorious judges everyone and everything, ruining everyone's good time with harsh criticisms. The sky is too blue. Your dog is too friendly. The zebra has too many stripes. You get the idea. A censorious person makes others say, "So...is there anything you do like?" |
柯林斯星级 | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]挑剔的;苛责的 If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour. [disapproval] [FORMAL 正式]
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