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taste JUDGMENTteIstna person's appreciation of and liking for particular things(个人的)兴趣,爱好His taste in clothes leaves little to be desired. [C]他对服装的口味无可挑剔。I've never understood Liz's taste in men. [C]我从不了解莉兹喜欢什么样的男人。Some people like older buildings and others prefer bold new architecture--it's really just a question of taste. [U]有些人喜欢比较老的房子,而有些人却更喜欢全新的房子----这实在是个人喜好的问题。I've never really cared much for flash new cars--old vintage cars are more to my taste (= what I like). [U]我一向不太喜欢华丽的新车,我倒是更喜欢老式汽车。(approving) Taste is also a person's ability to judge and appreciate what is good or suitable, esp. relating to such matters as art, style, beauty and manners.鉴赏力,审美力; 品味She has taste, I'll give her that. [U]她有鉴赏力,我就给她品味高的东西。Every present I've ever received from Camille has been in perfect taste. [U]我收到的卡米尔的所有礼物都很有品味。He has the most awful taste so you can probably imagine what his house looks like. [U]他的审美力极差,你可以想象得出他的房子什么样。He told a joke about death that I thought was in rather poor taste considering that Steve's father had just died. [U]他讲了一个关于死亡的笑话,我想在斯蒂夫的父亲刚去世时说这样的笑话很不得体。I'm having a bad taste party on Saturday so you've got to come along in the worst clothes you can find. [U]星期六我要举行一个庸俗的聚会,所以你得穿上你能找到的最差的衣服来。(humorous) I'm not sure that it's in the best possible taste to tell jokes about divorce at a wedding!我不能肯定在婚礼上讲关于离婚的笑话是否最得体的。
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