unsavoury

英 [ʌnˈseɪvəri]

美 [ʌnˈseɪvəri]

adj.  讨厌的; 无礼的; 声名狼藉的; 不道德的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 讨厌的；无礼的；声名狼藉的；不道德的
  unpleasant or offensive; not considered morally acceptable
  1. an unsavoury incident
     令人厌恶的事件
  2. Her friends are all pretty unsavoury characters.
     她的朋友尽是些不三不四的人。

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 unsavory


• ADJ-GRADED 令人讨厌的;不道德的
  If you describe a person, place, or thing asunsavoury, you mean that you find them unpleasant or morally unacceptable.
  1. The sport has long been associated with illegal wagers and unsavoury characters.
     这项运动长期以来都与非法赌博及黑道人物联系在一起。

英英释义

adj

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

双语例句

• The book's advice on how to nip to the loo without alerting your date that you have any unsavoury biological requirements, is convoluted to say the least.
  这本书提出的建议至少是很复杂的，它主要针对约会时如何不受上厕所等令人讨厌的生理需求的影响。
• And China's burgeoning demand for oil and other commodities has made it cosy up to countries whose unsavoury behaviour matters to the West, such as Iran.
  同时，中国增长迅速的对石油以及其他商品的需求使得一些像伊朗那些被西方所不齿的国家对中国感到亲切友好。
• First, no intelligence service can do its job especially in the years shortly after 9/ 11 without dealing with unsavoury regimes.
  第一，没有一个情报机关能够在不与臭名昭著的政权打交道的情况下尤其是在紧随9/11事件之后的几年中完成任务。
• Beneath that charming exterior lay some unsavoury habits and a difficult and a very demanding personality.
  在他那迷人的外表下隐藏着一些令人讨厌的习惯和令人难以相处，很强势的性格。
• By digging up a few unsavoury details about his past we managed to have him hounded out.
  在发现他过去的一些不光彩的详细情况后，我们设法把他撵走了。
• These can include unsavoury bodily functions such as breaking windin front of an other half, nose picking or letting armpits go unshaven.
  比如，当着对方的面放屁、挖鼻子，或不刮腋毛。
• Where should they draw the line in accepting money from unsavoury donors even if there are no strings attached?
  即使没有附加条件，接受不受欢迎的捐赠人捐款的界限在哪里？
• Not only did one of its biggest banks egregiously violate international norms by doing business with Sudan and other unsavoury regimes. The government also failed to detect the violation or, worse, did not try.
  这不只是因为法国最大的银行之一严重违反了国际准则，与苏丹和其它声名狼藉的政权交易，还因为法国没能察觉到这种行为，甚至更糟，完全没有尝试去发现这种行为。
• After the Taliban's collapse large parts of the country came under the control of unsavoury warlords, often linchpins of the booming opium trade.
  塔利班在国家大部分地区土崩瓦解之后，令人厌恶的军阀掌控了各地，常常参与猖獗的鸦片贸易。
• He treated his political opponents with brutality, an unsavoury period now all but forgotten because of the greater horrors perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge.
  西哈努克颇为残暴地对付自己的政敌，但这段不光彩历史差点就要被今天的人们遗忘了，因为当时红色高棉制造了更大的恐怖。