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unpleasantness

英 [ʌn'plezntnəs] 美 [ʌn'plɛzntnəs]

解释

n. 不愉快；不愉快的事，煞风景的事

※ 提供单词"unpleasantness"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

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.

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例句和用法

1. Now then, no unpleasantness, please.: 好了，别争了，好吗？

2. I don't mean there to be any unpleasantness.: 我无心引起任何不愉快.

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。

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.

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.