unpleasantness

英 [ʌn'plezntnəs] 美 [ʌn'plɛzntnəs]
  • n. 不愉快;不愉快的事,煞风景的事

英文词源


unpleasantness (n.)
1540s, "state or quality of being unpleasant," from unpleasant + -ness. By 1835 as "a slight quarrel, a minor misunderstanding." The late unpleasantness as a humorously polite Southern description of the American Civil War is attested from 1868.

双语例句


1. Now then, no unpleasantness, please.
好了,别争了,好吗?

来自柯林斯例句

2. I don't mean there to be any unpleasantness.
我无心引起任何不愉快.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. There had to be a reason for the unpleasantness some people habitually displayed.
一些人习惯性地行为粗鲁,这一定有其原因。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The gravel cut his feet but this was the only unpleasantness.
沙砾把他的脚硌得生疼.但这是唯一的令人不快之处.

来自辞典例句

5. If we're late , there'll be / it'll mean trouble , ie unpleasantness , perhaps involving punishment.
我们要是迟到就倒霉了.

来自辞典例句

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