Word · Frequency #22472
unpleasantly
令人不愉快地；不讨人喜欢地
in an unpleasant manner
- 1.
In an unpleasant manner.
不愉快地；令人不快地
不愉快地；令人不快地；令人不愉快地；不讨人喜欢地
In use
The coffee tasted unpleasantly bitter.
She reacted unpleasantly to the news.
The weather turned unpleasantly cold in the evening.
unpleasantly + adjective
该结构用于形容词前，强调该形容词描述的特性令人不适。
The soup was unpleasantly salty.
汤咸得令人不舒服。
verb + unpleasantly
动词后使用 unpleasantly 表示动作以令人不悦的方式进行。
She laughed unpleasantly at the joke.
她对这个笑话笑得令人不快。
Common mistakes
The coffee was unpleasant hot.The coffee was unpleasantly hot.
unpleasantly 是副词，修饰形容词 hot；unpleasant 是形容词，不能修饰形容词。
He is an unpleasantly person.He is an unpleasant person.
unpleasantly 是副词，不能修饰名词 person；修饰名词要用形容词 unpleasant。
She looked unpleasantly.She looked unpleasant.
looked 是系动词，后面接形容词作表语，不接副词；unpleasantly 是副词，应改为形容词 unpleasant。
Connections
Collocations
- unpleasantly surprised
- 感到不快的惊讶；意外而不悦
- She was unpleasantly surprised to find the store closed.发现商店关门了，她惊讶之余很不愉快。
- unpleasantly hot
- 热得令人不舒服
- The room grew unpleasantly hot by noon.到了中午，房间变得热得让人难受。
- unpleasantly cold
- 冷得令人难受
- The water in the stream was unpleasantly cold.小溪里的水冷得让人难受。
- unpleasantly familiar
- 熟悉得令人不安
- His tone of voice was unpleasantly familiar.他的语气熟悉得让人不安。
- unpleasantly humid
- 潮湿得令人不适
- The city is unpleasantly humid in August.这座城市八月份潮湿得令人不适。
- unpleasantly strong
Learner notes
Memory Tip
拆分记忆：un（不）+ pleasant（愉快）+ ly（副词后缀），合起来就是“不愉快地”。联想：他说话总是令人不愉快地尖刻。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常交流、书面叙述 unpleasantly 是中性副词，通常用于描述令人不快的感受或方式，口语和书面语中都比较常见，没有固定的正式或非正式色彩。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Rhymes with unpleasantly: pleasantly, presently (stressed /e/ + /zəntli/). Be careful: constantly and instantly share the spelling suffix -antly but have different stressed vowels, so they do not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.