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disagreeableness

/dis-uh-gree-uh-buhl/US // ˌdɪs əˈgri ə bəl //UK // (ˌdɪsəˈɡriːəbəl) //

不合心意,不合心意的人,不同意,不合群

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : contrary to one's taste or liking; unpleasant; offensive; repugnant.
    • : unpleasant in manner or nature; unamiable: a thoroughly disagreeable person.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an unpleasant or repugnant circumstance, attribute, thing, etc.: Bent on being cheerful, he suppressed any mention of the disagreeable in our conversation.
    • : disagreeables, the disagreeable aspects of a situation, course of action, etc.: The pleasant features of the arrangement far outweigh the disagreeables.

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Examples

  • When he inspected the man’s mouth, he noticed that his gums were “spongy” and “bleeding,” his back teeth were loose and his breath was “extremely disagreeable.”

  • They believed “debate should be civil and dignified … it was possible to disagree without being disagreeable.”

  • Her disagreeable nature made it nearly impossible for her to hold down a job.

  • They modified and truncated a quote to come to avoid disagreeable facts, a charge which they also fail to answer.

  • It was a disagreeable business and the only occasion I can remember that we quarreled.

  • America needs a green eyeshade party willing to do the disagreeable work of squeezing waste from the system.

  • There were other children beside, and two nurse-maids followed, looking disagreeable and resigned.

  • He was very disagreeable about the house when he returned home, and his wife adroitly kept out of his sight.

  • Their boasted successes, the crowding of colonies, schemes of settlement and development,—all were disagreeable and irritating.

  • There's no use anticipating things disagreeable or otherwise; we'll simply have to take them as they come.

  • One of the most disagreeable things in Rio Janeiro is the total absence of sewers.