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foul adj.
⇨ disgusting 1 (a foul taste/smell) ⇨ offensive (foul language)disgusting1 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 offensive adjective ➡ See also the entry for ⇨ insulting 另见insulting条offensive ♦︎ abusive ♦︎ bad ♦︎ filthy ♦︎ rude ♦︎ foul ♦︎ coarseThese words all describe unpleasant or shocking language or people. 这些词均表示语言或人无礼的、冒犯的、惹人憎恶的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆offensive / abusive to sb◆offensive / abusive / bad / filthy / rude / foul language◆an offensive / an abusive / a filthy / a rude / a coarse word◆an offensive / an abusive / a rude gesture / remark / comment◆an offensive / a filthy / a rude joke◆very / quite offensive / abusive / rude / foul / coarse◆rather offensive / rude / foul / coarse■ offensive (rather formal) causing sb to feel upset, insulted or annoyed 冒犯的；得罪人的；无礼的◆I've had enough of her offensive remarks.我受够了她冒犯的言论。◆His comments were deeply offensive to a large number of single mothers.他的评论严重触怒了众多的单身母亲。◆This job is stressful enough even without clients being offensive.即便客户不是那么无礼，这份工作的压力也够大的。OPP inoffensive ⓘ A person or thing that is inoffensive is not likely to offend or upset anyone. * inoffensive指人或事物不冒犯人的、不讨人嫌的◆a shy, inoffensive young man腼腆温和的小伙子 ■ abusive / /əˈbjuːsɪv/ / (rather formal) very offensive; criticizing sb in an unfair and offensive way 辱骂的；恶语的；毁谤的◆He was fined for making abusive comments to the referee.他因辱骂裁判而被罚款。◆He became abusive when he was drunk.他喝醉时就满口脏话骂人。■ bad [usually before noun] offensive 冒犯的；得罪人的；无礼的◆Most of the complaints received were about bad language.接到的投诉大多跟说粗话有关。ⓘ In this meaning, bad is always used in the phrase bad language. 表达此义时，bad总是用在短语bad language中。■ filthy very offensive and usually connected with sex 下流的；淫秽的；猥亵的◆That's enough of your filthy language!你的下流话真是让人受够了！◆He's got a filthy mind (= is always thinking about sex).他满脑子淫念。■ rude (especially BrE) offensive or embarrassing and often connected with sex 粗野的；猥亵的；下流的◆The joke is too rude to repeat.这个笑话太下流，不宜重复。◆Someone made a rude noise.有人发出了猥亵的声音。■ foul / /faʊl/ / [usually before noun](of language) including rude words and swearing （语言）充满脏话的，辱骂性的，下流的◆He called her the foulest names imaginable.他用能想得出的最下流的话骂她。◆I'm sick of her foul mouth (= habit of swearing).我讨厌她那张动不动就骂人的臭嘴。■ coarse /kɔːs; NAmE kɔːrs/ (rather formal) rude and offensive, especially about sex 粗鲁无礼的，粗俗的（尤指涉及性的）◆He constantly made coarse jokes about his girlfriend.他总拿他的女朋友开些粗俗的玩笑。 |