These words all describe sth, especially a smell, taste or habit, that is extremely unpleasant and often makes you feel slightly ill 以上各词形容某物（尤指气味、味道或习惯）令人很不舒服而且常令人恶心。

• disgusting extremely unpleasant and making you feel slightly ill 指令人不快的、使人厌恶的、令人恶心的、使人作呕的：◆What a disgusting smell! 这气味真难闻！
• foul dirty, and tasting or smelling bad 指肮脏恶臭的、难闻的、恶心的：◆She could smell his foul breath. 她闻得到他的口臭。
• revolting extremely unpleasant and making you feel slightly ill 指令人不快的、使人厌恶的、令人恶心的、使人作呕的：◆The stew looked revolting. 这煨菜看上去令人作呕。

disgusting or revolting? 用 disgusting 还是 revolting？

Both of these words are used to describe things that smell and taste unpleasant, unpleasant personal habits and people who have them. There is no real difference in meaning, but disgusting is more frequent, especially in spoken English. 以上两词均指气味、味道、个人习惯和有这些习惯的人令人恶心、使人厌恶，在含义上没有实质的区别，只是 disgusting 更常用，尤其是在口语中。

• repulsive (rather formal) extremely unpleasant in a way that offends you or makes you feel slightly ill 指使人厌恶的、令人反感的、十分讨厌的 NOTE Repulsive usually describes people, their behaviour or habits, which you may find offensive for physical or moral reasons. * repulsive 通常指人或其行为习惯刺激感官或有违道德而令人厌恶。
• offensive (formal) (especially of smells) extremely unpleasant 尤指气味令人不适的、令人恶心的、使人厌恶的
• gross (informal) (of a smell, taste or personal habit) extremely unpleasant 指气味、味道或个人习惯令人很不舒服的、令人恶心的、使人厌恶的

Patterns

• disgusting/repulsive/offensive to sb
• to find sb/sth disgusting/revolting/repulsive/offensive
• to smell/taste disgusting/foul/gross
• a(n) disgusting/foul/revolting/offensive/gross smell
• a disgusting/revolting/gross habit
• disgusting/offensive/gross behaviour
• a disgusting/revolting/repulsive man/woman/person