UGLY1 person2 not good-looking3 object/building etcRELATED WORDSoppositeBEAUTIFULsee alsoLOOK1 person 人ugly /ˈʌgli/ [adjective]extremely unattractive, with a face that is not at all nice to look at 难看的，丑陋的 We hated our uncle. He was fat and ugly, with tiny eyes and a long, pointed nose . 我们讨厌叔叔，他又胖又丑，眼睛很小，鼻子又长又尖。 An ugly little man came over and offered to buy me a drink. 一个长相丑陋、身材矮小的男人走过来，要请我喝杯酒。hideous /ˈhɪdiəs/ [adjective]extremely ugly, especially because you were born with something wrong with you 十分丑陋的，极难看的〔尤因天生有缺陷〕 In fairy stories the Prince is always very handsome, and the witch hideous. 在童话故事里，王子总是英俊潇洒，女巫则容貌丑陋。 a man with a hideous twisted lip 一个长着丑陋的歪嘴唇的男子repulsive /rɪˈpʌlsɪv/ [adjective]very ugly and extremely unpleasant to look at, especially so that people do not like to look at you 面目可憎的，令人讨厌的 Delia was frightened of the operation, because afterwards she knew she would look repulsive. 迪莉娅害怕做手术，因为她知道自己在手术之后样子会变得令人讨厌。repulsive to The patient's disease was so terrible that his own skin was repulsive to him. 这病人的病可怕得连他看见自己的皮肤都感到厌恶。grotesque /grəʊˈtesk/ [adjective]extremely ugly in a strange or unnatural way 〔容貌〕奇形怪状的，极丑陋的 The boy was twisting one side of his face in grotesque imitation of his grandfather. 那男孩歪起半边脸，做怪相模仿他爷爷。 Suddenly the grotesque figure of the hunchback Quasimodo loomed out of the darkness. 驼子卡西莫多的丑陋身影突然从黑暗中隐隐地出现。grotesquely [adverb] Jacob lay on the bed with his mouth open. His face was purple and grotesquely swollen. 雅各布张着嘴躺在床上，发紫的脸肿得很难看。unsightly /ʌnˈsaɪtli/ [adjective usually before noun]anunsightly spot, mark, hair on your face etc is very unattractive 〔脸上等的斑、疤、毛发等〕难看的，不雅观的unsightly scar/fat/mark/spot/hair etc The accident left Simon with unsightly scars. 这起事故给西蒙留下了许多难看的疤痕。 Electrolysis gets rid of unsightly facial hair. 电蚀除毛法能除去难看的面部汗毛。he's/she's no oil-paintingBritish/she's no Miss AmericaAmerican /hiːz, ʃiːz nəʊ ˈɔɪl peɪntɪŋ, ʃiːz nəʊ mɪs əˈmerɪkə/informaluse this as a humorous way of saying that someone is ugly 【非正式】他/她其貌不扬；她一点都不漂亮〔幽默说法〕 ‘What's Anna's new boyfriend like?’ ‘Well, he's nice, but he's no oil painting.’ “安娜新结识的男朋友怎么样？”“嗯，人还不错，但是其貌不扬。”2 not good-looking 长相不好看的not very good-looking /nɒt veri ˌgʊd ˈlʊkɪŋ/ [adjective phrase]not nice to look at - use this as a less direct way of saying someone is unattractive 〔用于委婉地说某人〕不是很好看的 He's a nice guy, but not very good-looking. 他这个人挺好的，但长得不怎么样。unattractive/not attractive /ˌʌnəˈtræktɪv◂, nɒt əˈtræktɪv/ [adjective]not nice to look at and not sexually attractive in a physical way 长相不漂亮的；没有吸引力的 Like many teenage girls, she was worried that she was unattractive. 和许多十几岁的女孩子一样，她也担心自己没有魅力。 He wasn't a particularly attractive man, but there was something about him that women liked. 他不是一个长得特别帅的人，但他有女人喜欢他的地方。find somebody unattractivethink that someone is unattractive 觉得某人没有吸引力 She was crazy about Carl, and couldn't understand why we found him unattractive. 她对卡尔很着迷，所以不能理解我们为什么觉得他没有吸引力。plain /pleɪn/ [adjective]someone who isplain, especially a woman, is not ugly but is not at all good-looking 〔尤指女性〕相貌平平的，长相一般的 Catherine, who had been rather plain as a child, was now an attractive young woman. 凯瑟琳小时候相貌平平，现已长成漂亮的年轻女子了。 Miles was the plain one in an otherwise good-looking family. 迈尔斯的家人其实都挺好看的，就他长得一般。homely /ˈhəʊmli/ [adjective]Americansomeone who ishomely is not at all good-looking 【美】相貌平庸的；不好看的 The waitress was a homely girl from Kansas. 服务员是来自堪萨斯州的一个其貌不扬的女孩。 Brad was a serious boy, very ordinary-looking but not downright homely. 布拉德是一个严肃的男孩，长相很一般，但也不是十分难看。not much to look at /nɒt ˌmʌtʃ tə ˈlʊk æt/ [adjective phrase]if you say that someone isnot much to look at, you mean that they are not good-looking, especially when other things about them are attractive 不大好看的，其貌不扬的〔尤指当其他方面都不错时〕 Edward's not much to look at, but he has a great personality. 爱德华长得不好看，但人品很好。3 object/building etc 物体/建筑物等ugly /ˈʌgli/ [adjective]very unpleasant to look at 丑陋的，难看的 Local residents think that the new shopping centre is one of the ugliest buildings in the city. 当地居民认为新落成的购物中心是城里最丑陋的建筑之一。 The room was bare except for a few pieces of ugly furniture. 除了几件丑陋的家具外，房间里空空如也。unsightly /ʌnˈsaɪtli/ [adjective]something that isunsightly is unpleasant to look at, and spoils the appearance of the things around it 难看的，杀风景的 Bushes and plants make the perfect screen for unsightly objects such as dustbins. 灌木及其他植物成了垃圾箱等不雅之物的理想遮挡物。 Tight bras and knickers can cause unsightly bulges under close-fitting clothes. 紧绷的胸罩和短衬裤使紧身的衣服撑得胀鼓鼓的，十分不雅。unattractive /ˌʌnəˈtræktɪv◂/ [adjective]not at all pleasant to look at 不悦目的，不好看的 The town is surrounded by large, unattractive housing estates that nobody wants to live in. 这个小镇四周都是不入眼的大型住宅区，没有人想住在里面。 Wearing an unattractive blouse and old-fashioned skirt, Lisa looked older than she was. 莉萨穿了一件难看的衬衫和一条过时的裙子，看上去比实际年龄要大。hideous /ˈhɪdiəs/ [adjective]extremely ugly 非常丑陋的 One of our wedding presents was a hideous clock. 我们有一份结婚礼物是一只奇丑无比的钟。 Emma was wearing an absolutely hideous purple and orange dress. 埃玛穿着一条极难看的紫色和橙色相间的裙子。revolting /rɪˈvəʊltɪŋ/ [adjective]something that isrevolting is so ugly that you do not like to look at it 难看得令人反感的 Remember that three piece suite Mrs Killeen had? It was grey and mustard. It was absolutely revolting! 还记得基利恩夫人的三件套家具吗？又灰又黄的，看上去恶心极了。 Who's that TV presenter who always wears those revolting sweaters? 那个老是穿那些恶心的毛衣的电视节目主持人是谁呀？monstrosity /mɒnˈstrɒsɪti, mɒnˈstrɒsətiǁmɑːnˈstrɑː-/ [countable noun]a very large ugly building or object 丑陋而巨大的建筑〔物体〕 I rented a Spanish-style monstrosity in Beverly Hills while my apartment was redecorated. 我的公寓在重新装修时，我在贝弗利山庄租了一栋极难看的西班牙风格大宅。 This building is another monstrosity celebrated as a brilliant piece of architecture. 这建筑是另一个丑陋的大怪物，还号称是杰出建筑物。an eyesore /ən ˈaɪsɔːʳ/ [singular noun]a large and very ugly building that you cannot avoid seeing 非常难看的巨型建筑 They built a huge office block right next to the old cathedral - what an eyesore! 他们就在古老大教堂的旁边建了一栋巨大的办公大楼，真是碍眼！ Intended to be the world's largest casino, it now stands as an eyesore near the big tourist and convention hotels of New Orleans. 它原本是要成为世界最大的赌场的，现在矗立在新奥尔良的大型观光和会议酒店的附近，显得十分碍眼。blot on the landscape /ˌblɒt ɒn ðə ˈlændskeɪpǁˌblɑːt-/ [noun phrase]Britishsomething that spoils the view, especially an ugly building 【英】破坏景致的东西〔尤指丑陋的建筑物〕 The container site at North Farm is a real blot on the landscape. 北农场的集装箱工地真是大杀风景。
