Word · Frequency #20291
vulgarity
粗俗；粗鄙
the quality of lacking taste and refinement
- 1.
The quality of being vulgar.
粗俗的性质。
- 2.
the quality of lacking taste and refinement
缺乏品味和文雅的特质
- 3.
An offensive or obscene act or expression.
冒犯性或淫秽的行为或表达。
- 4.
A vulgar or obscene word
粗俗或淫秽的词语。
粗俗的性质。；缺乏品味和文雅的特质；冒犯性或淫秽的行为或表达。；粗俗或淫秽的词语。；粗俗
In use
The vulgarity of his jokes made everyone at the dinner uncomfortable.
She was shocked by the vulgarity of the language used in the movie.
The room was decorated with such vulgarity that it looked more like a circus than a home.
the vulgarity of sth
vulgarity 在此指“粗俗”这一性质，通常作不可数名词，用单数。
The vulgarity of the joke made everyone uncomfortable.
这个笑话的粗俗让每个人都不舒服。
such vulgarity
such 后直接接不可数名词，表示“这样的粗俗”。
I have never heard such vulgarity in public.
我从未在公开场合听到过这样粗俗的言语。
vulgarity in sth
in 后接范围或领域，表示“在某方面的粗俗”。
Connections
Collocations
- sheer vulgarity
- 十足的粗俗
- The sheer vulgarity of the ad made it memorable for all the wrong reasons.这则广告十足的粗俗使它因错误的原因被人记住。
- gratuitous vulgarity
- 不必要的粗俗
- The sitcom was criticized for its gratuitous vulgarity.这部情景喜剧因不必要的粗俗而受到批评。
- resort to vulgarity
- 诉诸粗俗
- When his argument failed, he resorted to vulgarity.他的论证站不住脚时，就诉诸粗俗的言语。
- descend into vulgarity
- 堕入粗俗
- The conversation descended into vulgarity after a few drinks.几杯酒下肚后，谈话变得粗俗起来。
- avoid vulgarity
- 避免粗俗
- The editors instructed writers to avoid vulgarity.编辑要求作者避免粗俗。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
vulgarity 由 vulgar（粗俗的）加名词后缀 -ity 构成，联想一个满口脏话、毫无教养的人，其粗鄙就是 vulgarity。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：正式评论、日常对话、文学批评 该词在正式和日常语境中都能使用，通常指言行或趣味粗俗；正式评论和文学批评中比较常见，口语中也可用。
Grammar Note
作不可数名词时指“粗俗、粗鄙”这种品质；作可数名词时（复数 vulgarities）指具体的粗话或粗野行为。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words below are spelling lookalikes: they all share the -arity spelling chunk but are not true rhymes with vulgarity /vəlˈɡɛrɪti/. In these words the stressed vowel is typically /lær/ or /ær/ (e.g., popularity /ˌpɒpjuˈlærəti/), whereas vulgarity has stressed /ɡɛr/. No genuinely common exact rhyme for /-ɡɛrɪti/ was found.
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