unsavory

英

美

adj.  臭不可闻的；不良；不光彩的

COCA.16968

英英释义

adj

• morally offensive
  1. an unsavory reputation
  2. an unsavory scandal
  Synonym:unsavouryoffensive
• not pleasing in odor or taste
  Synonym:distastefulunsavoury

双语例句

• Like Garment, he saw in Watergate a means to purify the Administration by getting rid of unsavory elements.
  他同加门特一样，认为可以从水门事件下手，清除不良分子，纯洁政府。
• I'm ill, and so have to drink these unsavory tea herbs every day.
  我病了，每天都要喝这些难喝的水剂。
• He became appalled at unsavory tricks.
  如此心狠手辣的手段，使他惊呆了。
• Nevertheless, it has become much harder for banks to conduct business with rogue nations and unsavory characters as governments, most notably the US, fight back.
  不过，由于政府、尤其是美国政府加大打击力度，如今银行要继续为“邪恶”国家或在西方臭名昭著的人物提供业务服务已变得困难多了。
• Most energy companies operate in places where unsavory things happen, points out Brian Youngberg, an analyst with Edward Jones.
  爱德华琼斯公司（EdwardJones）分析师布赖恩•扬恩博格指出，大多数能源公司经营业务的地方都会发生一些不愉快的事件。
• He also supported unsavory liberation movements and causes throughout the world, ranging from small opposition movements in sub-Saharan Africa to the Irish Republican Army.
  同时，他在全世界范围内支持和引发一些令人生厌的解放运动，例如撒哈拉以南非洲的小股反对势力和爱尔兰共和军。
• You can remember her smile after ending your quarrel, you can recall the taste of her unsavory food, you can clearly feel her smell even if she left you for days.
  您能在结束您的争吵以后记住她的微笑，您能召回口味她令人厌恶的食物，您能明显地感觉她的气味，即使她留下您好几天。
• Here we honor those who have died, been murdered or had something even more unsavory happen to them during the course of Game of Thrones.
  我们尊敬《权力的游戏》中死掉的、被杀的还有那些不幸发生在他们身上的各种角色。
• Critics say that the start-ups are unsavory efforts to avoid regulation and taxes, and that the very term sharing economy is ridiculous.
  批评者称，这些初创公司令人讨厌，它们逃避监管和税收，而且分享型经济这个词本来就很荒谬。
• I have cleared my piazza of that unsavory flytrap.
  我除掉了走廊上这只臭不可闻的捕蝇器啦。