Word · Frequency #22113
nastinesses
令人不快;讨厌;恶劣
nastinesses is the plural of nastiness.
the quality of being unpleasant
- 1.
Lack of cleanliness.
肮脏;不洁。
- 2.
Dirt, filth.
污垢,肮脏。
- 3.
Indecency; corruption; unkindness, meanness, spite, harshness, cruelty.
下流;腐败;卑鄙;恶意;刻薄;残酷。
- 4.
Unpleasantness, disagreeableness (to the senses).
令人不愉快,讨厌(对感官而言)。
- 5.
A nasty action, object, quality, etc. (all senses of nasty).
肮脏的事物;下流行为;恶劣品质。
肮脏;不洁。;污垢,肮脏。;下流;腐败;卑鄙;恶意;刻薄;残酷。;令人不愉快,讨厌(对感官而言)。;肮脏的事物;下流行为;恶劣品质。
In use
The nastiness of the weather forced us to cancel the picnic.
I was shocked by the nastiness of his comment at the meeting.
She tried to ignore the nastiness in the online discussion.
nastiness of [noun]
The nastiness of the political campaign surprised everyone.
政治竞选的污秽令所有人惊讶。
[determiner] nastiness
常用形容词如sheer, complete, pure等修饰。
She couldn't hide her sheer nastiness during the argument.
她在争论中无法掩饰她的极度烦人。
to [verb] with nastiness
动词如speak, react, reply等常见。
Connections
Collocations
- sheer nastiness
- 十足的恶意;纯粹的恶毒
- The personal attacks were driven by sheer nastiness.这些人身攻击完全是出于纯粹的恶意。
- gratuitous nastiness
- 无端的恶意;无缘由的刻薄
- There is no excuse for such gratuitous nastiness in a debate.辩论中出现这种无端的恶意是不可原谅的。
- petty nastiness
- 小气的刻薄;心胸狭隘的恶意
- His petty nastiness toward the new intern was embarrassing.他对新实习生的小气刻薄令人难堪。
- political nastiness
- 政治上的刻薄;政坛的恶毒
- The campaign was marked by political nastiness rather than honest debate.这场竞选的特点是政治上的刻薄,而不是诚实的辩论。
- schoolyard nastiness
- 校园霸凌的恶意;同学间的刻薄
- She was tired of the schoolyard nastiness and transferred schools.她厌倦了校园霸凌的恶毒行为,于是转了学。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 nasty(脏、讨厌)的样子,加上 ness 变成名词——那种令人皱眉的厌恶就是 nastiness。
Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:日常交谈、新闻报道、社交媒体 nastiness 多用于日常口语和非正式写作,也常见于新闻报道等较正式语体,表示“恶意、刻薄、令人不快”等含义。整体语气偏负面,语体会随搭配和语境变化,正式程度不是很高。
Grammar Note
usually uncountable
Pronunciation & Spelling
没有常见词与 'nastiness' (/ˈnɑːstinɪs/) 真正押韵。这些词虽然都拼写为 '-ness',但重读音节元音不同(如 happiness /ˈhæpɪnəs/ 中的 /æ/),因此不是押韵词。注意:'nastiness' 的重读元音为 /ɑː/(美式英语常为 /æ/),不要被相似的拼写误导。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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