unpleasantness
英 [ʌn'plezntnəs]
美[ʌn'plɛzntnəs]
- n. 不愉快；不愉快的事，煞风景的事
英文词源
- unpleasantness (n.)
- 1540s, "state or quality of being unpleasant," from unpleasant + -ness. By 1835 as "a slight quarrel, a minor misunderstanding." The late unpleasantness as a humorously polite Southern description of the American Civil War is attested from 1868.
双语例句
- 1. Now then, no unpleasantness, please.
- 好了，别争了，好吗？
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I don't mean there to be any unpleasantness.
- 我无心引起任何不愉快.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. There had to be a reason for the unpleasantness some people habitually displayed.
- 一些人习惯性地行为粗鲁，这一定有其原因。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The gravel cut his feet but this was the only unpleasantness.
- 沙砾把他的脚硌得生疼.但这是唯一的令人不快之处.
来自辞典例句
- 5. If we're late , there'll be / it'll mean trouble , ie unpleasantness , perhaps involving punishment.
- 我们要是迟到就倒霉了.
来自辞典例句