vulgarity

英 [vʌlˈɡærəti]

美 [vʌlˈɡærəti]

n.  庸俗; 粗野; 下流; 庸俗的物品(或图画等)

复数：vulgarities　

TOEFLTEM8法律

BNC.20291 / COCA.19407

牛津词典

noun

• 庸俗；粗野；下流；庸俗的物品（或图画等）
  the fact of being rude or not having good taste; a rude object, picture, etc.
  1. She was offended by the vulgarity of their jokes.
     他们那些粗俗的笑话使她大为不快。
  2. a pornographic magazine full of vulgarities
     充满下流图片的色情杂志

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 粗俗的;庸俗的;俗气的;不雅的
  If you describe something asvulgar, you think it is in bad taste or of poor artistic quality.
  1. I think it's a very vulgar house...
     我觉得这所房子很俗气。
  2. The film is tasteless, vulgar and even badly shot.
     这部电影毫无品位、庸俗不堪，甚至可以说拍得很烂。
• ADJ-GRADED （图画、姿势或言论）下流的，猥亵的
  If you describe pictures, gestures, or remarks asvulgar, you dislike them because they refer to sex or parts of the body in a rude way that you find unpleasant.
  1. The women laughed coarsely at some vulgar jokes...
     那些女人听了一些下流的笑话后粗俗地大笑。
  2. The lyrics were vulgar.
     歌词粗俗下流。
• ADJ-GRADED 粗俗的;无礼的;粗鄙的;粗鲁的
  If you describe a person or their behaviour asvulgar, you mean that they lack taste or behave rudely.
  1. He was a vulgar old man, but he never swore in front of a woman...
     他是个粗鲁的老头，但他从来不在女人面前说脏话。
  2. 'Don't be vulgar,' she reprimanded.
     “不要无礼，”她斥责道。

英英释义

noun

• the quality of lacking taste and refinement
  Synonym:coarsenesscommonnessgrossnessvulgarismraunch

双语例句

• Talking loudly on a bus is a sign of vulgarity.
  在公共汽车上大声喧哗是一种粗鄙的行为。
• Some laughed at the shameless vulgarity. Others felt it too outlandish to take seriously.
  一些人对这不知羞耻的粗鄙行为示以嘲笑，其他人则觉得它过于奇怪而不必太当真。
• As slogans become increasingly diversified and localized, they also become more controversial through their vulgarity or bluntness.
  随着标语不断的多样化和本地化，内容也日渐产生争议，是粗俗还是直言呢？
• There was for a time a conflict between foreign elegance and native vulgarity that was overlooked by the literati.
  中国现代文学中曾有一次“洋雅”与“土俗”之战，然而都往往被学界所忽略了。
• Taoist arts are civil, secular, popular and grass-rooted and has a distinct meaning of "vulgarity".
  道教美术是民间性、世俗性、大众性或草根性的，具有鲜明的“俗”之意蕴。
• They have to detach themselves from the content of mankind's consciousness, they have to live without touching the stream of growing vulgarity and violence.
  他们必须从人类意识的内容中脱离，他们必须让生活不沾染增长的罪恶和暴力。
• How else to explain the popularity of paeans to bourgeois vulgarity like Housewives of New Jersey?
  否则怎么解释比如新泽西州的家庭主妇这种对资产阶级庸俗的赞歌大受欢迎呢？
• One sight of him can tell that he is a man free from vulgarity.
  一眼就能看出来他是个超凡脱俗的人。
• He hated that world of money and vulgarity.
  他痛恨那个金钱和粗鄙的世界。
• Did the vulgarity bother you or did you contribute to it?-no, I contributed.
  粗俗感有没有烦扰过你或者还是你制造的？-不，是我制造的。