unsavoury

美 [ʌnˈseɪvəri]英 [ʌnˈseɪvəri]
  • adj.讨厌的;声名狼藉的;不道德的;无礼的
unsavouryunsavoury

adj.

讨厌的;无礼的;声名狼藉的;不道德的
unpleasant or offensive; not considered morally acceptable

an unsavoury incident

令人厌恶的事件

Her friends are all pretty unsavoury characters.

她的朋友尽是些不三不四的人。

also NAmE unsavory

unsavoury

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  • 2
    ADJ-GRADED 令人讨厌的;不道德的
    If you describe a person, place, or thing as unsavoury, you mean that you find them unpleasant or morally unacceptable.

    The sport has long been associated with illegal wagers and unsavoury characters.

    这项运动长期以来都与非法赌博及黑道人物联系在一起。

adj

1
morally offensive
an unsavory reputation
an unsavory scandal
Synonym: unsavory offensive
2
not pleasing in odor or taste
Synonym: distasteful unsavory

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  1. Beneath that charming exterior lay some unsavoury habits and a difficult and a very demanding personality 。

    他迷人的外表之下掩藏的是令人讨厌的习惯和执拗苛刻的个性。

  2. Perhaps , somewhere in the annals of psychological research there could be an answer to my question , and maybe even hints about how to cure myself of this unsavoury habit .

    也许心理学研究的文献能够给我答案,也许还能给我一些暗示,教我如何自我摆脱这个令人讨厌的习惯。

  3. Her friends are all pretty unsavoury characters .

    她的朋友尽是些不三不四的人。

  4. The sport has long been associated with illegal wagers and unsavoury characters .

    这项运动长期以来都与非法赌博及黑道人物联系在一起。

  5. The Football Association also condemned the " unsavoury incidents . "

    英足总也谴责了这起!令人不快的事件!.英足总还表示;!

  6. Experts now insist that , in fact , this unsavoury practice is good for your teeth and overall health .

    事实上,专家们现在坚持认为,这种令人厌恶的做法对人的牙齿和整体健康状况是有好处的。

  7. Beneath that charming exterior lay some unsavoury habits and a difficult and a very demanding personality .

    在他那迷人的外表下隐藏着一些令人讨厌的习惯和令人难以相处,很强势的性格。

  8. Where should they draw the line in accepting money from unsavoury donors even if there are no strings attached ?

    即使没有附加条件,接受不受欢迎的捐赠人捐款的界限在哪里?

  9. First , no intelligence service can do its job especially in the years shortly after 9 / 11 without dealing with unsavoury regimes .

    第一,没有一个情报机关能够在不与臭名昭著的政权打交道的情况下尤其是在紧随9/11事件之后的几年中完成任务。

  10. who has now abandoned you for an unsavoury companion of dubious morals

    而他现在因为一个品行有问题的同伴而抛弃了�

  11. Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt ? or is there any taste in the white of an egg ?

    物淡而无盐岂可吃吗,蛋青有什么滋味呢。

  12. Unsavoury rumours , details , habits

    令人厌恶的谣言、细节、习惯

  13. By digging up a few unsavoury details about his past we managed to have him hounded out .

    在发现他过去的一些不光彩的详细情况后,我们设法把他撵走了。

  14. Some start-ups founded by men pursued by rumours of unsavoury pasts will not get funding , even if they are a good investment proposition .

    被不光彩传言缠身的一些男性创始人,其初创企业将无法再拿到融资,即使它们是很好的投资项目。

  15. The most obvious issue has been the controversy over support that China has given to regimes considered unsavoury in the West - notably Sudan and Zimbabwe .

    最明显的问题是中国向不受西方欢迎的国家主要是苏丹和津巴布韦给予支持所引发的争议。

  16. After the Taliban 's collapse large parts of the country came under the control of unsavoury warlords , often linchpins of the booming opium trade .

    塔利班在国家大部分地区土崩瓦解之后,令人厌恶的军阀掌控了各地,常常参与猖獗的鸦片贸易。

  17. And China 's burgeoning demand for oil and other commodities has made it cosy up to countries whose unsavoury behaviour matters to the West , such as Iran .

    同时,中国增长迅速的对石油以及其他商品的需求使得一些像伊朗那些被西方所不齿的国家对中国感到亲切友好。

  18. His behaviour at the end was undoubtedly petulant , unsavoury , especially when he pushed aside an Italian official who tried to stop him leaving .

    他最后的表现,尤其当他推开一名试图阻止他离开的意大利官员时,无疑令人不快,甚至愤怒。

  19. These can include unsavoury bodily functions such as breaking windin front of an other half , nose picking or letting armpits go unshaven .

    比如,当着对方的面放屁、挖鼻子,或不刮腋毛。

  20. In other words , unless a pupil sleeps through his history classes he will be inevitably confronted by the , shall we say , unsavoury aspects of his country 's history .

    换言之,除非学生在历史课上睡着了,否则必然会直面他们国家历史丑陋的一面。

  21. Dozens of plots may have been foiled and thousands of lives saved as a result of some of the unsavoury practices now being employed in the name of fighting terrorism .

    以某些令人厌恶的手段破坏恐怖阴谋,拯救千万条生命的做法正以反恐之名而行。

  22. The book 's advice on how to nip to the loo without alerting your date that you have any unsavoury biological requirements , is convoluted to say the least .

    这本书提出的建议至少是很复杂的,它主要针对约会时如何不受上厕所等令人讨厌的生理需求的影响。

  23. He treated his political opponents with brutality , an unsavoury period now all but forgotten because of the greater horrors perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge .

    西哈努克颇为残暴地对付自己的政敌,但这段不光彩历史差点就要被今天的人们遗忘了,因为当时红色高棉制造了更大的恐怖。

  24. The Reds'takeover has been the subject of much discussion , since current owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett-who have an unsavoury reputation with the fans-decided to put the club up for sale .

    自从在安菲尔德不受欢迎的哼哈二将吉列特与希克斯决定要转手球队以来,谁将成为利物浦俱乐部新主人的话题就一直在被人们讨论。

  25. Not only did one of its biggest banks egregiously violate international norms by doing business with Sudan and other unsavoury regimes . The government also failed to detect the violation or , worse , did not try .

    这不只是因为法国最大的银行之一严重违反了国际准则,与苏丹和其它声名狼藉的政权交易,还因为法国没能察觉到这种行为,甚至更糟,完全没有尝试去发现这种行为。

  26. Neither of them had time to speak , however , before there was a tap at the door , and the spokesman of the street Arabs , young Wiggins , introduced his insignificant and unsavoury person .

    但是他们还没有来得及开口,就听见门外有人敲门,原来正是街头流浪儿的代表,那个微不足道的小维金斯驾到。

  27. The upper levels of the bridge , formerly the rather unsavoury hang-out of prostitutes and thieves , were closed for many years , only reopening to the public in 1982 as part of the Tower Bridge Exhibition .

    该桥上层以前是妓女和小偷常光顾的地方,已关闭多年。只在1982年作为伦敦塔桥展览会的一部分向公众重新开放。

  28. No figure brokered more power in the city than Ahmed Wali Karzai : head of the provincial council , unsavoury ally of the NATO forces and half-brother of Hamid Karzai , the president .

    坎大哈政治掮客中没有比艾哈迈德·瓦利·卡尔扎伊更炙手可热的了。艾哈迈德·瓦利是省议会议长,总统哈米德·卡尔扎伊同父异母的兄弟,因为依靠北约势力在阿富汗声名狼藉。

  29. In the lift , on their way up to the changing rooms , Henry Foster and the Assistant Director of Predestination rather pointedly turned their backs on Bernard Marx from the Psychology Bureau : averted themselves from that unsavoury reputation .

    在去更衣室的电梯上,亨利·福斯特和条件设置中心主任助理见了心理局来的伯纳·马克思便相当不客气地背过脸,避开了那个名声不好的人。