| 单词 | unkind |
| 释义 | unkindWord family noun kindness ≠ unkindness adjective kind ≠ unkind kindly adverb kindly ≠ unkindly un·kind /ˌʌnˈkaɪnd◂/ ●●○ adjectiveadj CRUELUNKINDnasty, unpleasant, or cruel 不仁慈的；不和善的；刻薄的 A lot of unkind things were said. 说了很多刻薄话。 unkind to Her husband is very unkind to her. 她丈夫对她非常刻薄。 —unkindly adverbadv —unkindness noun [uncountableU] Register In everyday English, people usually say mean, nasty, or horrible rather than unkind: 在日常英语中，人们一般说 mean, nasty 或 horrible，而不说 unkind The other kids were really mean to me. 其他孩子对我非常不好。 THESAURUS unkind treating people in a way that makes them unhappy or upset. Unkind sounds rather formal. In everyday English, people usually say mean or nasty 不仁慈的；不和善的；刻薄的〔unkind较为正式；在日常英语中，人们一般说 mean 或 nasty〕 Children can be very unkind to each other. 儿童有时互相之间会很不友善。 a rather unkind remark 非常刻薄的言论 mean especially spoken unkind 不善良的；刻薄的 Don’t be mean to your sister! 别对你妹妹这么刻薄！ It was a mean thing to do. 这么做太损了。 nasty deliberately unkind, and seeming to enjoy making people unhappy 恶意的，令人不快的 He said some really nasty things before he left. 他走之前说了几句极难听的话。 a nasty man 一个讨厌的人 hurtful unkind – used about remarks and actions 〔言语和行动〕伤人的，刻薄的 Joe couldn’t forget the hurtful things she had said. 乔忘不了她说的那些伤人的话。 nCouples sometimes do hurtful things to each other. spiteful deliberately unkind to someone because you are jealous of them or angry with them 〔因嫉妒或愤怒而〕恶毒的，刻薄的 The other women were spiteful to her, and gave her the hardest work to do. 其他女人对她很恶毒，把最累的活给她做。 She watched them with spiteful glee (=pleasure). 她幸灾乐祸地看着他们。 malicious deliberately behaving in a way that is likely to upset, hurt, or cause problems for someone 怀有恶意的 Someone had been spreading malicious rumours about him. 有人一直在散播有关他的恶毒谣言。 There was a malicious smile on her face. 她脸上带着一种恶意的微笑。 nan act of malicious vandalism nThe accusations are malicious. unsympathetic not seeming to care about someone’s problems, and not trying to help them or make them feel better 没有同情心的；冷漠的 Her parents were very unsympathetic, and told her that she deserved to fail her exam. 她父母一点也不同情她，说她考试不及格是活该。 an unsympathetic boss 毫无同情心的老板 hard-hearted very unsympathetic and not caring at all about other people’s feelings 硬心肠的；没有同情心的 very unkind 非常不仁慈的Was he hard-hearted enough to leave his son in jail overnight? 他有这么硬的心肠，会把儿子留在囚室里过夜吗？ a hard-hearted businessman 一个铁石心肠的生意人 horrible especially spoken very unkind 极不友好的 Why is Jack always so horrible to me? 为什么杰克总是对我这么凶？ cruel very unkind and deliberately making people feel unhappy or making them suffer physically 残忍的；恶毒伤人的 Her father was very cruel to her. 她父亲对她非常残忍。 a selfish, cruel woman 一个自私、残忍的女人 wicked /ˈwɪkəd/ extremely unkind and behaving in a very immoral way 邪恶的 a wicked thing to do 一件邪恶的事 the wicked stepmother in Cinderella 《灰姑娘》里的恶毒继母 sadistic extremely unkind and enjoying making other people suffer 施虐狂的 unintentionally unkind 非有意不仁慈的Their father was a sadistic bully who beat them regularly. 他的父亲是个施虐狂，经常打他们。 He took a certain sadistic pleasure in his job. 他在工作中获得某种施虐狂般的快感。 thoughtless/inconsiderate not thinking about the effects of your actions on other people 欠考虑的；不为他人着想的 It was inconsiderate of him not to say that he would be late. 他没提前说要迟到，这一点是有欠考虑。 a thoughtless disregard for other people’s feelings 对他人情感的漠视 tactless someone who is tactless carelessly says or does things that are likely to upset someone, without realizing what they are doing 言行不得体的；不圆通的 How could you be so tactless? 你怎么这么不会说话？ a tactless question 不得当的问题 insensitive behaving in a way that is likely to upset someone, or not seeming to care about someone’s feelings. Insensitive is rather a formal word 漠不关心的，麻木不仁的 The article is insensitive to the family and friends of the victim. 这篇文章毫不顾及受害者亲友的感情。 nHe later admitted that some of his remarks were ‘insensitive’. Examples from the Corpus unkind• Children can be very unkind.• To the camel-herding Raika fate had been particularly unkind.• Why are you always so unkind about Christina?• It sounds unkind, but nothing of the sort was ever remotely true of Borg.• Those of an unkind disposition might argue that mangling a non-first-class attack is not an especially big deal.• Columnist Hal Crowther, a contributor to these pages, wrote one of the few unkind obituaries of Nixon.• She was used to the unkind remarks made by other students.• He said some very unkind things about my clothes.• He says unkind things that give me pain, Harry.• They had said a lot of unkind things.• I felt very sorry for being unkind to her.• It would be unkind to keep him in suspense for too long.• She has been very rude and unkind to me.• He had no love for Montpelier last time and it is unkind to require him to make such a strenuous journey.• I never heard her say an unkind word about anyone. |
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