ugly

ugly

英 ['ʌglɪ]
　　美 ['ʌɡli]

adj. 醜陋的；邪惡的；令人厭惡的

adj.(形容詞)ugly的基本意思是“難看的,難聽的,醜陋的”,指人、動物或事物的外貌或道德上令人反感。還可表示“有敵意的,陰險的,不祥的”。ugly在句中可作定語或表語。

中文詞源：

ugly 醜陋的

來自PIE*egh, 恐懼，害怕，引申詞義醜陋，-ly, 形容詞後綴。比較其同源詞awe, 敬畏。

例句：

1. I thought they were laughing at me because I was ugly.
我覺得他們嘲笑我是因為我長得醜。

2. The Memorial seems almost ugly, dominating the landscape for miles around.
那座紀念碑聳立在方圓數英裡景致之中顯得近乎難看。

3. What ugly things; throw them away, throw them away.
多難看的東西啊，扔掉，扔掉。

4. The extreme right reared its ugly head in the 1980s.
極右勢力在20世紀80年代有所抬頭。

5. She was a shy, ugly duckling of a child.
她小時候是個羞怯的醜小鴨。