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

• In other words, unless a pupil sleeps through his history classes he will be inevitably confronted by the, shall we say, unsavoury aspects of his country's history.
  换言之，除非学生在历史课上睡着了，否则必然会直面他们国家历史丑陋的一面。
• 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。
• 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。
• Dozens of plots may have been foiled and thousands of lives saved as a result of some of the unsavoury practices now being employed in the name of fighting terrorism.
  以某些令人厌恶的手段破坏恐怖阴谋，拯救千万条生命的做法正以反恐之名而行。
• 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。
• The Reds'takeover has been the subject of much discussion, since current owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett-who have an unsavoury reputation with the fans-decided to put the club up for sale.
  自从在安菲尔德不受欢迎的哼哈二将吉列特与希克斯决定要转手球队以来，谁将成为利物浦俱乐部新主人的话题就一直在被人们讨论。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The most obvious issue has been the controversy over support that China has given to regimes considered unsavoury in the West-notably Sudan and Zimbabwe.
  最明显的问题是中国向不受西方欢迎的国家主要是苏丹和津巴布韦给予支持所引发的争议。