首页英语词典gracelessgraceless的意思

graceless

英 ['greɪslɪs] 美['ɡresləs]
  • adj. 粗野的;不知礼的;不知耻的

词态变化


副词: gracelessly;

英英释意


1. lacking graciousness;
"a totally graceless hostess"
2. lacking grace; clumsy;
"a graceless production of the play"
"his stature low...his bearing ungraceful"- Sir Walter Scott
3. lacking social polish;
"too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"
"their excellent manners always may be feel gauche"

英文词源


graceless (adj.)
late 14c., "not in a state of grace," from grace (n.) + -less. Meaning "wanting charm or elegance" is from 1630s. Related: Gracelessly; gracelessness.

实用场景例句


a graceless, angry young man
粗鲁、愤怒的年轻人

牛津词典

the graceless architecture of the 1960s
20世纪60年代的丑陋建筑

牛津词典

She swam with a graceless stroke.
她游泳的姿势很难看。

牛津词典

She couldn't stand his blunt, graceless manner.
她无法忍受他的唐突和粗鲁。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a graceless pirouette.
笨拙的单脚尖旋转

柯林斯高阶英语词典

It was a massive, graceless house.
这是一间非常难看的大房子。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Out upon these graceless scholars who dare to address a burgher in such a manner!
罪孽呀罪孽!有些学子竟这样对一个市民出言不逊!

期刊摘选

How can love survive in such a graceless age?
在这粗陋的时代,怎样才能让真爱长存?

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I don't like those with graceless behavior.
我不喜欢那些举止粗鲁的人.

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Rough and graceless would be such greeting , but truth is handsomer than the affectation of love.
这些话语粗砺也不文雅, 但事实就是胜于矫柔造作的爱.

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a graceless, angry young man
粗鲁、愤怒的年轻人

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

She couldn't stand his blunt, graceless manner.
她无法忍受他的唐突和粗鲁。

柯林斯例句

It was a massive, graceless house.
这是一间非常难看的大房子。

柯林斯例句