unpleasantness

英 [ʌnˈplezntnəs]

美 [ʌnˈplezntnəs]

n.  不和; 反目; 争执

复数：unpleasantnesses　

BNC.21430 / COCA.22929

牛津词典

noun

• 不和；反目；争执
  bad feeling or arguments between people

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 令人不快的；令人不舒服的
  If something isunpleasant, it gives you bad feelings, for example by making you feel upset or uncomfortable.
  1. The symptoms can be uncomfortable, unpleasant and serious...
     那些症状可能令人不适，很不舒服甚至会比较严重。
  2. The vacuum has an unpleasant smell...
     那个真空吸尘器有股很难闻的气味。
  3. It was a very unpleasant and frightening attack.
     那是一次非常恶劣且骇人的攻击。
• ADJ-GRADED 不友好的；粗鲁的
  Anunpleasantperson is very unfriendly and rude.
  1. She thought him an unpleasant man...
     她认为他是个粗鲁的人。
  2. Don't start giving me problems otherwise I'll have to be very unpleasant indeed.
     不要开始给我找麻烦，否则我就不客气了。
  3. ...a thoroughly unpleasant person.
     极度不友好的人

英英释义

noun

• the quality of giving displeasure
  1. the recent unpleasantness of the weather
• the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli

双语例句

• It is probably some unpleasantness and some purple of this sort which the first man is desirous of shirking.
  第一个人想逃避的大概是某些烦恼和这类紫红色的服装。
• She'll be all right to-morrow," he said presently. "I'm just going to wait here and see if he tries to bother her about that unpleasantness this afternoon.
  “明天她就会好的，”他过了一会又说，“我只是在这儿等等，看他会个会因为今天下午那场争执找她麻烦。
• Few doubt the unpleasantness of a rapid unwinding of global imbalances embodied by the unprecedented US trade deficit and the corresponding surpluses in China, Japan and oil producing countries.
  很少有人会怀疑全球失衡状况的迅速解决会带来不快。这种失衡状况的具体体现，是美国空前的贸易逆差及中国、日本和各产油国相应的贸易顺差。
• The endorphin response matched up in time with reductions in pain intensity and unpleasantness the volunteers reported.
  而这些脑内啡出现的时间，刚好与志愿者回报的疼痛强度及不适感同步。
• It was unusual for anyone to seek out unpleasantness.
  任何人都不会无缘无故地特意寻找不愉快。
• So don't let his unpleasantness affect your performance.
  所以，别让他的不快影响你们的表演。
• This unpleasantness is hard to forget.
  这件不愉快的事怎么也忘不掉。
• Break it to him gently-we want to avoid any unpleasantness.
  委婉地告诉他，我们想避免任何争执。
• Large amounts of alcohol are consumed but little unpleasantness ensues.
  人们饮用大量酒品，但很少发生不愉快。
• There is not meant to be any unpleasantness.
  不是有意要引起不愉快。