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be + nauseating
The smell was nauseating.
那气味令人作呕。
令人作呕的；使人恶心的；令人厌恶的
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令人作呕的；使人恶心的；令人厌恶的
causing nausea or disgust; sickening
The smell was nauseating.
那气味令人作呕。
令人恶心的；使人作呕的；令人厌恶的
Causing a feeling of nausea; disgusting and revolting.
引起或能够引起恶心
causing or able to cause nausea
The smell of the garbage on the hot street was nauseating.
炎热的街道上垃圾的气味令人作呕。
AI contextual example
The medicine had a nauseating taste, so she drank some juice afterward.
这药的味道令人恶心，所以她之后喝了点果汁。
AI contextual example
He finds the constant flattery at work nauseating.
他觉得工作中不断的奉承令人厌恶。
AI contextual example
a nauseating smell
令人作呕的气味。
WordNet
The smell was nauseating.
那气味令人作呕。
find + 宾语 + nauseating 表示“觉得……令人厌恶”。
I find the idea of eating raw meat nauseating.
我觉得吃生肉的想法令人恶心。
nauseating 常作定语修饰气味、景象等名词。
The room was filled with a nauseating stench.
房间里弥漫着一股令人作呕的恶臭。
表示做某事令人恶心时，可用 it 作形式主语。
It is nauseating to watch them flatter the boss.
看他们奉承老板令人作呕。
Not this
I am nauseating after eating that food.
Use this
I am nauseated after eating that food.
形容词 nauseating 表示“令人作呕的”，用于描述使人恶心的东西；当主语是人、表示“感到恶心”时，应用 -ed 形式 nauseated。中文“感到恶心”是人的感受，所以用 nauseated。
Not this
The rotten smell is nauseated.
Use this
The rotten smell is nauseating.
nauseated 表示“感到恶心的”，只能描述人或动物；描述“令人恶心的”事物（如气味）时，应用 -ing 形式 nauseating。中文“恶心的气味”指气味让人恶心，所以用 nauseating。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
令人作呕的气味
A nauseating smell came from the kitchen.
一股令人作呕的气味从厨房传来。
令人恶心的恶臭
The nauseating stench of rotting fish filled the room.
腐烂的鱼发出的令人恶心的恶臭弥漫了整个房间。
令人作呕的景象
The nauseating sight of the accident made her turn away.
事故那令人作呕的景象使她转过头去。
令人恶心的味道
The medicine left a nauseating taste in his mouth.
那药在他嘴里留下了令人恶心的味道。
令人厌恶的虚伪
His nauseating hypocrisy disgusted everyone at the meeting.
他令人厌恶的虚伪让会议上的每个人都很反感。
发长 /iː/ 音 (如 sea, tea)
Same pattern, same sound
Use nauseating naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 nauseating 联想成“令人作呕的气味直冲鼻子，胃里翻涌想吐”，记住它表示‘使人恶心的、令人厌恶的’。
语域：neutral 常见场景：描述令人作呕的气味或味道、形容令人厌恶的行为或事件 nauseating 是中性形容词，通常用于形容气味、味道、行为或场面令人恶心或厌恶；口语和书面语中都比较常见，语气较为直接。
Genuine final-sound matches: fascinating, frustrating, irritating, and pulsating all contain the /eɪtɪŋ/ ending, matching the spelling -ating that appears at the end of nauseating. However, none of them is a full rhyme with nauseating, because nauseating has its main stress on the first syllable (/ˈnɔʒiˌeɪtɪŋ/). Beware of related-looking words with different sounds: nauseous (/ˈnɔːʃəs/) and nausea (/ˈnɔːziə/) do not end in /eɪtɪŋ/.
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