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revolting adj.
⇨ disgustingdisgusting1 adjective smell/taste disgusting 气味难闻；味道难吃a disgusting thing to say 说出来让人气愤的事 ➡ See also the entry for ⇨ terrible 1 另见terrible条第1义disgusting ♦︎ foul ♦︎ revolting ♦︎ repulsive ♦︎ offensive ♦︎ gross ♦︎ nauseatingThese words all describe sth, especially a smell, taste or habit, that is extremely unpleasant and often makes you feel slightly ill. 这些词均表示气味或味道令人恶心，或习惯令人讨厌。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆disgusting / repulsive / offensive to sb◆a disgusting / a foul / a revolting / an offensive / a gross / a nauseating smell◆a disgusting / foul / gross / nauseating taste◆a disgusting / revolting / gross / nauseating habit◆disgusting / offensive / gross behaviour◆a disgusting / revolting / repulsive man / woman / person◆to find sb / sth disgusting / revolting / repulsive / offensive / nauseating◆to smell / taste disgusting / foul / gross◆really disgusting / foul / revolting / offensive / gross / nauseating◆quite disgusting / revolting / offensive / gross◆absolutely disgusting / foul / revolting■ disgusting (especially spoken) extremely unpleasant and making you feel slightly ill 极其糟糕的；令人恶心的◆The kitchen was in a disgusting state.厨房的状况糟透了。◆What a disgusting smell!这气味真难闻！◆The sink was full of a disgusting black slime.洗碗槽里满是令人恶心的黑色污水。◆This tastes absolutely disgusting.这东西难吃极了。◆Picking your nose is a disgusting habit.抠鼻子是个令人讨厌的坏习惯。 see also disgust ⇨ shock verb ▸ disgust noun [uncountable] ◆She wrinkled her nose in disgust at the smell of urine.闻到了尿味，她恶心地皱起了鼻子。▸ disgustingly adverb ◆The kitchen was disgustingly dirty.厨房里脏得令人作呕。■ foul / /faʊl/ / dirty, and tasting or smelling bad 又脏又臭的；难闻的◆This tastes foul!这东西难吃极了！◆The air in the cell was foul.牢房里的空气臭烘烘的。◆She could smell his foul breath.她闻得到他那难闻的气息。◆Foul drinking water was blamed for the epidemic.人们把这次的流行病归咎于污浊的饮用水。■ revolting disgusting 极其糟糕的；令人恶心的◆The stew looked revolting.那炖菜看上去令人作呕。◆He's an absolutely revolting man.他是个极其令人讨厌的家伙。▸ revoltingly adverb ◆a revoltingly sentimental story令人讨厌的伤感故事NOTE 辨析 Disgusting or revolting?Both of these words are used to describe things that smell and taste unpleasant, unpleasant personal habits and people who have them. There is no real difference in meaning, but disgusting is more frequent, especially in spoken English. * disgusting和revolting均指气味或味道恶心，或指不良的个人习惯或有这些习惯的人令人讨厌，两词在含义上没有实质差别，只是disgusting使用频率更高些，尤用于口语中。■ repulsive / /rɪˈpʌlsɪv/ / (rather formal) extremely unpleasant in a way that offends you or makes you feel slightly ill 令人反感的；令人生厌的◆What a repulsive person!这个人真讨厌！◆He found her habits quite repulsive.他发现她有些习惯让人很反感。ⓘ Repulsive usually describes people, their behaviour or habits, which you may find offensive for physical or moral reasons. * repulsive通常指人、行为或习惯令人讨厌，原因可能在生理方面，也可能在道德方面。 see also repel ⇨ shock verb ■ offensive (formal) (especially of smells) extremely unpleasant （尤指气味）极其难闻的，令人不适的◆The problem is how to eliminate offensive smells from the processing plant.问题在于怎样才能消除加工厂那刺鼻的气味。■ gross /grəʊs; NAmE groʊs/ (informal, spoken) (of a smell, taste or personal habit) extremely unpleasant （气味、味道或个人习惯）令人不快的，使人厌恶的◆'He ate it with mustard.' 'Oh, gross!'“他用芥末拌着吃。”“啊，真恶心！”■ nauseating /ˈnɔːzieɪtɪŋ, ˈnɔːsieɪtɪŋ/ making you feel that you want to vomit 令人作呕的◆He woke to the nauseating smell of burning flesh.一觉醒来，他闻到了肉体烧焦发出的令人作呕的气味。 see also nauseous ⇨ sick 2 |