unsavory

英

美

adj.  臭不可闻的；不良；不光彩的

COCA.16968

英英释义

adj

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

双语例句

• He also supported unsavory liberation movements and causes throughout the world, ranging from small opposition movements in sub-Saharan Africa to the Irish Republican Army.
  同时，他在全世界范围内支持和引发一些令人生厌的解放运动，例如撒哈拉以南非洲的小股反对势力和爱尔兰共和军。
• There is a lot of unsavory material available on the internet.
  网络上有很多不健康的信息。
• I have cleared my piazza of that unsavory flytrap.
  我除掉了走廊上这只臭不可闻的捕蝇器啦。
• Like Garment, he saw in Watergate a means to purify the Administration by getting rid of unsavory elements.
  他同加门特一样，认为可以从水门事件下手，清除不良分子，纯洁政府。
• When my grandmother – from a New England background – was confronted with an unsavory topic, she would change the subject and gaze out the window.
  当我的新英格兰裔祖母遇到不愉快的话题时，她就会转移话题，凝望窗外。这也正是我的处事之道：别管闲事。
• Most energy companies operate in places where unsavory things happen, points out Brian Youngberg, an analyst with Edward Jones.
  爱德华琼斯公司（EdwardJones）分析师布赖恩•扬恩博格指出，大多数能源公司经营业务的地方都会发生一些不愉快的事件。
• He became appalled at unsavory tricks.
  如此心狠手辣的手段，使他惊呆了。
• You could have your FixedList class implement the List interface as well, but then you are faced with the unsavory task of providing an implementation for all of the List methods.
  您也可以让您的FixedList类实现List接口，但是您需要面对一项烦人的工作：为所有List方法提供一个实现。
• I'm ill, and so have to drink these unsavory tea herbs every day.
  我病了，每天都要喝这些难喝的水剂。
• Nevertheless, it has become much harder for banks to conduct business with rogue nations and unsavory characters as governments, most notably the US, fight back.
  不过，由于政府、尤其是美国政府加大打击力度，如今银行要继续为“邪恶”国家或在西方臭名昭著的人物提供业务服务已变得困难多了。