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英语单词 crass
英美音标 英 [kræs] 美 [kræs]
中文释义 adj.粗鲁的;愚钝的;非常的
英语例句 (1) He's so crass, and there's no way I would date him.
(2) He's so crass to talk to.
中文例句 (1) 他很没风度,我不可能跟他约会的。
(2) 别跟他费口舌了,他太笨了。
vocabulary简明 A crass comment is very stupid and shows that the speaker doesn't care about other people's feelings. In today's day and age, you don't have to wear black to a funeral, but to show up in clown pants is simply crass.
vocabulary扩展 The source of this adjective is Latin crassus "thick, dense, fat." A similar development of meaning can be seen in English dense in the sense of "stupid, slow to understand," from Latin densus "thick, dense," and in English thick, which can also be used to mean "stupid."
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](行为)愚蠢而无同情心的,不为他人考虑的 Crass behaviour is stupid and does not show consideration for other people.
  • The government has behaved with crass insensitivity...

    该政府行事愚蠢而且麻木不仁。

  • Pop records can be crass and cynical.

    流行音乐唱片可能会是冷漠而且愤世嫉俗的。

crassly
  • ...one of the most crassly stupid political acts of modern times...

    现代社会最愚不可及的政治行为之一

  • These teachings can be crassly misinterpreted.

    这些教义可能会被愚蠢地曲解。

crassness
  • ...the crassness of his conversation.

    他谈话时的愚钝

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