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Ugly Ugliness I Unpleasant Describe Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 英

英语单词 ugly
英美音标 英 ['ʌɡli] 美 ['ʌɡli]
中文释义 adj.丑陋的;难看的;令人困窘的;令人不愉快的
英语例句 (1) Toads have an ugly appearance but they are useful.
(2) You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!
(3) His face was covered in ugly red blotches.
(4) What an ugly mug!
(5) This is an ugly situation.
(6) I heard an ugly rumour that they are going to shut all the pubs on Sundays.
中文例句 (1) 蟾蜍外表丑陋,但很有用。
(2) 你不能劝服我买这个丑陋的花瓶!
(3) 他脸上有许多难看的红色大斑点。
(4) 多难看的脸!
(5) 这是个令人困窘的情况。
(6) 我听到一个令人不愉快的传闻,说是星期天所有的酒店都将关门。
vocabulary简明 Ugly means "extremely unattractive." On Halloween, some people wear ugly masks as part of their scary costumes.
vocabulary扩展 Anything that looks or feels quite unpleasant is ugly. The adjective ugly can describe the way something or someone looks, but it can also describe behavior or actions — the ugly scene your little brother made at the toy store when he didn't get what he wanted or the ugly breakup of a friendship. Remember that when ugly becomes uglier and ugliest, the y becomes an i.
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]丑陋的;难看的 If you say that someone or something is ugly, you mean that they are very unattractive and unpleasant to look at.
  • ...an ugly little hat...

    难看的小帽子

  • She makes me feel dowdy and ugly.

    她让我自惭形秽。

ugliness
  • ...the raw ugliness of his native city.

    他老家城市的极度丑陋

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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](通常因涉及暴力、挑衅行为而)令人厌恶的,邪恶的,恶性的 If you refer to an event or situation as ugly, you mean that it is very unpleasant, usually because it involves violent or aggressive behaviour.
  • There have been some ugly scenes...

    出现了一些恶性事件。

  • The confrontation turned ugly.

    对抗局面进一步激化。

  • ...an ugly publicity stunt.

    恶俗的宣传噱头

ugliness
  • ...the subtlety and ugliness of sexual harassment.

    性骚扰的隐蔽与龌龊

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