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bad rap

/buhm-rap/US // ˈbʌm ˈræp //

糟糕的说唱,糟糕的说教,恶劣的说教,糟糕的说唱声

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Slang.

    • : an unjust accusation, verdict, or punishment: He was sent to prison on a bum rap.
    • : an adverse opinion or judgment considered undeserved or unjust: The review was a bum rap, but I liked the play.

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Examples

  • Pitchfork called him a “a rap-obsessed misfit from a summer camp who freestyles poorly” who is “ridiculous without knowing it.”

  • “Poor Steve Scalise is getting a bad rap,” Knight, a long-time aide to former KKK leader David Duke, told The Daily Beast.

  • And there are those who still have misgivings about exactly what “Christian rap” means.

  • The Communist Party of China gets a bad rap for cracking down on religion.

  • They joined forces to form the rap supergroup Run the Jewels.

  • He was in the midst of his reflections when there came a rap at his door, which the next moment was flung open.

  • "All they can rap and run for" is the more frequent colloquial version of this quaint phrase.

  • He gave to every syllable the value of a rap and certain words he terminated with an audible snap of his teeth.

  • Another rap, louder and more importunate, echoed through the large room.

  • Old Adam wanted two thousand dollars, they say, if he could only get them; but he could not, not a rap.