unholy
英[?n'h??l?]
美[?n'holi]
- adj. 不神圣的；罪惡的；不適宜的
英文詞源
- unholy (adj.)
- Old English unhalig, "impious, profane, wicked," from un- (1) "not" + halig (see holy). Similar formation in Middle Dutch onheilich, Old Norse uheilagr, Danish unhellig, Swedish ohelig. In reference to actions, it is attested from late 14c. Colloquial sense of "awful, dreadful" is recorded from 1842.
雙語例句
- 1. The economy is still an unholy mess.
- 經(jīng)濟(jì)依然是一團(tuán)糟。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He screamed unholy things at me.
- 他沖我高聲咒罵。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. an unholy alliance between the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry
- 醫(yī)療界與醫(yī)藥業(yè)的不當(dāng)聯(lián)盟
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. She protested that it wasn't traditional jazz at all, but an unholy row.
- 她抗議說那根本不是傳統(tǒng)爵士樂，而是令人憎惡的噪音。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Westerners charged that the party was run by an unholy coalition between North and South.
- 西部人指責(zé)說該黨被北方和南方不同尋常的聯(lián)盟所操控。
來自柯林斯例句