ugliness

英 [ˈʌglɪnɪs]

美 [ˈʌglinəs]

n.  丑恶，丑陋的事; 尴尬局面

复数：uglinesses　

BNC.18785 / COCA.16643

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 丑陋的；难看的
  If you say that someone or something isugly, you mean that they are very unattractive and unpleasant to look at.
  1. ...an ugly little hat...
     难看的小帽子
  2. She makes me feel dowdy and ugly.
     她让我自惭形秽。
• ADJ-GRADED （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 asugly, you mean that it is very unpleasant, usually because it involves violent or aggressive behaviour.
  1. There have been some ugly scenes...
     出现了一些恶性事件。
  2. The confrontation turned ugly.
     对抗局面进一步激化。
  3. ...an ugly publicity stunt.
     恶俗的宣传噱头
• torearitsugly head→ see:head

英英释义

noun

• qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses
• the quality of being wicked
  Synonym:nefariousnesswickednessvileness

双语例句

• What Huang means by "hateful to look at" is not physical ugliness.
  黄氏所说的面目可憎，不是指身体上的丑陋。
• People do not beauty and ugliness, only feature.
  人没有美丑，只有特色。
• This shows one of the ugliness of humanity, that is being vain.
  这透露了人性其中的一种丑陋，就是虚荣。
• They simply don't like the environment of civilization; this is, the city, with all its ugliness and tension.
  他们就是不喜欢文明世界的环境，也就是说不喜欢大都市，充满了丑恶与紧张的大都市。
• What behind this ugliness is also ignorance, hypocrisy, prejudice and arrogance.
  这种丑陋的背后依然是无知、虚伪、偏见与狂妄。
• Questioner: There is no ugliness in the perception, only in what is perceived.
  发问者：在那种觉察中没有丑陋，只有在觉察到的东西中才有丑陋。
• Ugliness is a point of view: an ulcer is wonderful to a pathologist.
  丑和美没有绝对的界限。丑陋是一种观点，溃疡对病理学家是美妙的东西。
• Krishnamurti: You said you do not want to live in the confusion, the dishonesty and ugliness of this world.
  克：你说你不想生活在这个困惑、不诚实和丑陋的世界中。
• If you are reading this book, then you are someone who wants to create beauty and not ugliness.
  如果你正在阅读这本书，那么你也许就是那个想去创造美而不是丑的人。
• The opposite of beautyis is not ugliness, it's indifference.
  美的反面不是丑陋，而是冷漠。