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displeasing

/dis-pleez/US // dɪsˈpliz //UK // (dɪsˈpliːz) //

不愉快的,令人不快的,不悦的,不悦

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    dis·pleased, dis·pleas·ing.

    • : to incur the dissatisfaction, dislike, or disapproval of; offend; annoy: His reply displeased the judge.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    dis·pleased, dis·pleas·ing.

    • : to be unpleasant; cause displeasure: Bad weather displeases.

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Examples

  • Such difficulties, also, suddenly arose as plainly showed that our plans for this voyage were displeasing to the Evil Spirit.

  • This time it was a problem that was not displeasing, though Mr. Talpers was not quite sure as yet how it should be followed out.

  • If she had any “citified airs” they were not of the kind that are especially displeasing to country people.

  • He was past the bloom of youth, but still his fine clothes and his reputed wealth were displeasing to me.

  • If we add to this evil, the attendant glitter upon glitter, we have a perfect farrago of discordant and displeasing effects.