Disagreeable
[dɪsə'griːəb(ə)l] or [,dɪsə'ɡriəbl]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) not to your liking; 'a disagreeable situation' .
(adj.) not agreeing with your tastes or expectations; 'found the task disagreeable and decided to abandon it'; 'a job temperamentally unsympathetic to him' .
(adj.) unpleasant to interact with; 'a disagreeable old man' .
整理:苏西--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.
(a.) Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or senses; displeasing; unpleasant.
杰勒德整理
同義詞及近義詞:
a. Unpleasant, unpleasing, displeasing, distasteful, offensive.
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例句/造句/用法:
- I have told your ladyship that I should be placed in a very disagreeable situation if any complaint was made, and all is in strict confidence. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- But papa is so disagreeable. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- You, sir, as a clergyman, said he, may feel it disagreeable to be present amidst scenes of hurry and flurry, and, I may say, peril. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Since in the past one has done one's duty without having to face such a disagreeable circumstance, why not go on as one has been? 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Certainly his manners seemed more disagreeable by the morning light. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I want to know whether my attentions to Sophia are really disagreeable; for I don't see how a man could command so many tears to flow at pleasure. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Well, then: is it worth while to risk what may be infinitely disagreeable and painful? 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- You don't find this sort of thing disagreeable, I hope, sir? 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- I told him I had come up again to say how sorry I was that anything disagreeable should have occurred, and that I hoped he would not blame me much. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- It is observed by critics, that all words or sentences, which are difficult to the pronunciation, are disagreeable to the ear. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- In their marriages, they are exactly careful to choose such colours as will not make any disagreeable mixture in the breed. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- Many things might be good for them which would be very disagreeable for other people. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- The other apes derived unlimited amusement from Tublat's discomfiture, for Broken Nose was a disagreeable old fellow, whom no one liked, anyway. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- It's a happy thing to be satisfied, said Mr. Shelby, with a slight shrug, and some perceptible feelings of a disagreeable nature. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- If you have come here to say disagreeable things about Mrs. Hatch---- It is only with your relation to Mrs. Hatch that I am concerned. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- I don't say that it is not a disagreeable businessbut things might be much worse. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- I appeal to you not to take advantage of your position in this house to make my position in it distressing and disagreeable. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Unwilling to make myself disagreeable to my fellow-citizens by too frequently soliciting their contributions, I absolutely refused. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- But wooman, lovely wooman, said Mr. Turveydrop with very disagreeable gallantry, what a sex you are! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Now I am ready--is there anything to be disagreeable about? 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- A single woman, with a very narrow income, must be a ridiculous, disagreeable old maid! 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Now, Edmund, do not be disagreeable, said Julia. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Do come with me, said Mrs. Weston, if it be not very disagreeable to you. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- You are a disagreeable fellow. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- These Instantaneous Lights are made without sulphur, consequently the disagreeable smell of the common Lucifer is avoided. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Mr. Henry Lennox added a new and not disagreeable element to the course of the household life by his frequent presence. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- But the disagreeable ordeal could not be dodged. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Neither are you, and there is no use in making yourself disagreeable because he is. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Still, it was not a disagreeable position--and it was a position. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- After a pause, she said-- How much money is it that those disagreeable people want? 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
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