Word · Frequency #14167
disagreeable
令人不快的
not to your liking
- 1.
Causing repugnance; unpleasant to the feelings or senses; displeasing.
引起反感的;令人不快的;不悦的
- 2.
not to your liking
不合你的口味
- 3.
unpleasant to interact with
交往不愉快
- 4.
not agreeing with your tastes or expectations
不符合你的品味或期望
厌恶的;不合意的;引起反感的;令人不快的;不悦的;不合你的口味;交往不愉快
In use
The smell from the garbage was extremely disagreeable.
He found the task of cleaning the kitchen disagreeable.
Her disagreeable attitude made everyone uncomfortable.
a disagreeable situation
a disagreeable old man
found the task disagreeable and decided to abandon it
be disagreeable to sb
表示某事物对某人来说令人不快。
The weather was disagreeable to everyone.
这种天气让每个人都不舒服。
find sb/sth disagreeable
表示主观认为某人或某物令人不快。
Connections
Collocations
- disagreeable smell
- 难闻的气味
- The kitchen had a disagreeable smell of rotten food.厨房里有一股难闻的腐烂食物气味。
- disagreeable task
- 令人讨厌的任务
- Cleaning the bathroom is a disagreeable task I always put off.打扫浴室是我总是拖延的一件令人讨厌的任务。
- disagreeable person
- 难以相处的人
- He is a disagreeable person who never smiles at anyone.他是个难以相处的人,从不对任何人微笑。
- disagreeable experience
- 不愉快的经历
- The flight delay was a disagreeable experience for all the passengers.航班延误对所有乘客来说都是一次不愉快的经历。
- disagreeable weather
- 令人不适的天气
- We had to stay indoors because of the disagreeable weather.由于天气令人不适,我们不得不待在室内。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
disagree(不合)+able,联想到意见不合、话不投机,令人不快。
Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:formal writing、literary description、formal correspondence disagreeable 比 unpleasant 更正式,多用于书面语或正式场合,形容人、气味、味道或情况令人不快、不合意。日常口语中比较少见,口语里更常说 unpleasant 或 not nice。
Grammar Note
常用于描述令人不快的事物或情况。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 disagreeable 押韵的词:agreeable、seeable(重读元音及之后均为 /iːəbəl/)。拼写相似但发音不同的词:changeable、noticeable、manageable、knowledgeable,它们都以 -eable 结尾,但重音和元音不同,不与 disagreeable 押韵。
Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.