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

• The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference.
  艺术的对立面不是丑陋，而是了冷漠。
• 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。
• She puzzled by the sudden ugliness.
  她被这突如其来的尴尬局面弄得惊疑不已。
• Even the ugliness is a part of me.
  尽管丑了点，那也是我的一部分。
• This is the beauty and ugliness, good and evil in contrast!
  这是美与丑、善与恶的鲜明对照！
• 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。
• 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。
• In the past, people often equated beauty with virtue and ugliness with vice.
  在过去，我们总是把美貌等同于真善美，而把丑陋视作假恶丑。
• 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。
• There's a general ugliness of women that pertains in the novel.
  小说里描绘了女人的丑陋。