unsavory

英

美

adj.  臭不可闻的；不良；不光彩的

COCA.16968

英英释义

adj

• morally offensive
  1. an unsavory reputation
  2. an unsavory scandal
  Synonym:unsavouryoffensive
• not pleasing in odor or taste
  Synonym:distastefulunsavoury

双语例句

• I'm ill, and so have to drink these unsavory tea herbs every day.
  我病了，每天都要喝这些难喝的水剂。
• Here we honor those who have died, been murdered or had something even more unsavory happen to them during the course of Game of Thrones.
  我们尊敬《权力的游戏》中死掉的、被杀的还有那些不幸发生在他们身上的各种角色。
• He also supported unsavory liberation movements and causes throughout the world, ranging from small opposition movements in sub-Saharan Africa to the Irish Republican Army.
  同时，他在全世界范围内支持和引发一些令人生厌的解放运动，例如撒哈拉以南非洲的小股反对势力和爱尔兰共和军。
• Critics say that the start-ups are unsavory efforts to avoid regulation and taxes, and that the very term sharing economy is ridiculous.
  批评者称，这些初创公司令人讨厌，它们逃避监管和税收，而且分享型经济这个词本来就很荒谬。
• If a neighborhood allows broken windows to stay that way, and fails to replace them, the neighborhood will deteriorate because vandals and other unsavory people will assume no one cares.
  如果你的邻居对“破窗”置之不理，并没修复它，那么久而久之邻里关系就会恶化，因为那些破坏者和一些讨人嫌的人就会认为没人管他们而继续肆无忌惮。
• I have cleared my piazza of that unsavory flytrap.
  我除掉了走廊上这只臭不可闻的捕蝇器啦。
• PETER WARREN: "Everybody just really needs to be aware that the Internet is just like any other street and there are some twists and turns that can take you in to some very, very unsavory places."
  华伦：“每个人都必须警醒，互联网就像是任何街道一样充满曲折，可能会将你带到一些非常令人生厌的地方。”
• Like Garment, he saw in Watergate a means to purify the Administration by getting rid of unsavory elements.
  他同加门特一样，认为可以从水门事件下手，清除不良分子，纯洁政府。
• Nevertheless, it has become much harder for banks to conduct business with rogue nations and unsavory characters as governments, most notably the US, fight back.
  不过，由于政府、尤其是美国政府加大打击力度，如今银行要继续为“邪恶”国家或在西方臭名昭著的人物提供业务服务已变得困难多了。
• There is a lot of unsavory material available on the internet.
  网络上有很多不健康的信息。