Word · Frequency #21430
Fully loadedunpleasantnesses
不愉快；不快
unpleasantnesses is the plural of unpleasantness.
a feeling of being unpleasant or disagreeable
- 1.
The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable.
令人不快或令人讨厌的性质。
- 2.
An unpleasant behaviour, occurrence, etc.
令人不愉快的行为、事件等。
令人不快；不快；令人不快或令人讨厌的性质。；令人不愉快的行为、事件等。；不愉快；煞风景
In use
The smell in the room caused a feeling of unpleasantness.
He apologized to avoid any unpleasantness between the neighbors.
We all felt the unpleasantness of the long wait.
the unpleasantness of sth
此结构中的 unpleasantness 表示某事物令人不快的性质，通常作不可数名词。
The unpleasantness of the situation made everyone uncomfortable.
这种局面的不愉快让每个人都不自在。
there be unpleasantness (between/with sb)
unpleasantness 可指争执或不快事件，常用于 there be 句型，并与 between 或 with 连用。
There was some unpleasantness between the two colleagues.
两位同事之间有些不愉快。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- avoid unpleasantness
- 避免不快；避免争执
- I said nothing to avoid unpleasantness.为了不引起不快，我什么也没说。
- cause unpleasantness
- 引起不快；制造争执
- The argument caused unpleasantness between the two friends.这场争吵引起两个朋友之间的不愉快。
- a bit of unpleasantness
- 小小的不愉快；小风波
- There was a bit of unpleasantness over the bill.关于账单产生了一点不愉快。
- domestic unpleasantness
- 家庭不睦；家中的争吵
- Their financial problems led to domestic unpleasantness.他们的经济问题导致了家庭不睦。
- unnecessary unpleasantness
- 不必要的不快；无谓的争执
- Let's avoid any unnecessary unpleasantness at the reunion.让我们避免聚会上任何不必要的不快。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：pleasant 里有 ant（蚂蚁），野餐时遇到蚂蚁令人不快；加上 un- 和 -ness，就是 unpleasantness（不愉快）。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：formal writing、polite or diplomatic conversation、news reporting 该词作名词时通常带委婉色彩，多用于正式或礼貌场合，表示“不快的感觉”或“不愉快的事/争执”；日常口语中较少直接用，而会用更具体或随意的说法。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 pleasantness 的 /ˈplɛzəntnəs/ 完全押韵（重读元音及之后相同）。unpleasant 拼写很接近，且重读部分相同，但以 /nt/ 结尾，缺少 /nəs/，不押韵；happiness、illness、kindness、sadness 虽都带 -ness，但重读元音和后续辅音不同，均不押韵。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.