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to the bad

/bad/US // bæd //UK // (bæd) //

对坏的,到坏的,向坏的,向坏的方向发展

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adj.形容词 adjective
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    worse, worst; bad·der, bad·dest for 36.

    • : not good in any manner or degree.
    • : having a wicked or evil character; morally reprehensible: There is no such thing as a bad boy.
    • : of poor or inferior quality; defective; deficient: a bad diamond; a bad spark plug.
    • : inadequate or below standard; not satisfactory for use: bad heating; Living conditions in some areas are very bad.
    • : inaccurate, incorrect, or faulty: a bad guess.
    • : invalid, unsound, or false: a bad insurance claim; bad judgment.
    • : causing or liable to cause sickness or ill health; injurious or harmful: Too much sugar is bad for your teeth.
    • : suffering from sickness, ill health, pain, or injury; sick; ill: He felt bad from eating the green apples.
    • : not healthy or in good physical condition; diseased, decayed, or physically weakened: A bad heart kept him out of the army.
    • : tainted, spoiled, or rotten, especially to the point of being inedible: The meat is bad because you left it out of the refrigerator too long.
    • : having a disastrous or detrimental effect, result, or tendency; unfavorable: The drought is bad for the farmers. His sloppy appearance made a bad impression.
    • : causing or characterized by discomfort, inconvenience, uneasiness, or annoyance; disagreeable; unpleasant: I had a bad flight to Chicago.
    • : easily provoked to anger; irascible: a bad temper.
    • : cross, irritable, or surly: If I don't have my morning coffee, I'm in a bad mood all day.
    • : more uncomfortable, persistent, painful, or dangerous than usual; severe: a bad attack of asthma.
    • : causing or resulting in disaster or severe damage or destruction: a bad flood.
    • : regretful, contrite, dejected, or upset:He felt bad about having to leave the children all alone.
    • : disobedient, naughty, or misbehaving: If you're bad at school, you'll go to bed without supper.
    • : disreputable or dishonorable: He's getting a bad name from changing jobs so often.
    • : displaying a lack of skill, talent, proficiency, or judgment: a bad painting; Bad drivers cause most of the accidents.
    • : causing distress; unfortunate or unfavorable: I'm afraid I have bad news for you.
    • : not suitable or appropriate; disadvantageous or dangerous: It was a bad day for fishing.
    • : inclement; considered too stormy, hot, cold, etc.: We had a bad winter with a lot of snow.
    • : disagreeable or offensive to the senses: a bad odor.
    • : exhibiting a lack of artistic sensitivity: The room was decorated in bad taste.
    • : not in keeping with a standard of behavior or conduct; coarse: bad manners.
    • : vulgar, obscene, or blasphemous: bad language.not properly observing rules or customs of grammar, usage, spelling, etc.; incorrect: He speaks bad English.
    • : unattractive, especially because of a lack of pleasing proportions: She has a bad figure.
    • : marred by defects; pockmarked or pimply; blemished: bad skin.
    • : not profitable or worth the price paid: The land was a bad buy.
    • : Commerce. deemed uncollectible or irrecoverable and treated as a loss: a bad debt.
    • : ill-spent; wasted: Don't throw good money after bad money.
    • : counterfeit; not genuine: There was a bad ten-dollar bill in with the change.
    • : having the character of a villain; villainous: In the movies the good guys always beat the bad guys.
    • : Sports. failing to land within the in-bounds limits of a court or section of a court; missing the mark; not well aimed.
    • : Slang. outstandingly excellent; first-rate: He's a bad man on drums, and the fans love him.
n.名词 noun
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    • : that which is bad: You have to take the bad with the good.
    • : a bad condition, character, or quality: His health seemed to go from bad to worse.
    • : Usually the bad . evil persons collectively: The bad are always stirring up trouble.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : badly: He wanted it bad enough to steal it.

Phrases

  • bad blood
  • bad egg
  • bad hair day
  • bad luck
  • badly off
  • bad mouth
  • bad name
  • bad news
  • bad off
  • bad sort, a
  • bad taste
  • bad time
  • bad trip
  • come to an end (bad end)
  • feel bad
  • from bad to worse
  • get off on the wrong foot (to a bad start)
  • give a bad name
  • give bad marks to
  • go bad
  • in a bad mood
  • in a bad way
  • in bad faith
  • in bad with someone
  • in someone's bad graces
  • leave a bad taste in one's mouth
  • make the best of (a bad bargain)
  • not a bad sort
  • not bad
  • poor (bad) taste
  • run of (bad) luck
  • too bad
  • turn up (like a bad penny)
  • with bad grace

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Finally, even in the worst-case scenario, in which a child does contract Covid-19, the outcomes of the disease are less severe in younger people than among older adults.

  • To be sure, people basically gambling with money they would be devastated to lose is bad.

  • In doing so, the app aims to bring more transparency to how social networks moderate hate speech by showing those who report it what is and isn’t deemed bad enough to be removed.

  • What investors do appear to have is conviction that earnings for the second quarter likely won’t be as bad as expected.

  • Sometimes, much as we hate to admit it, a bad race is simply a bad race.

  • We need to recover and grow the idea that the proper answer to bad speech is more and better speech.

  • I gotta say—I think this past year was pretty bad for music.

  • Ass-kicking, bad guy-killing Carter is just a future spinster.

  • They all immediately dashed out to their car to catch the bad guys.

  • Terrorism is bad news anywhere, but especially rough on Odessa, where the city motto seems to be “make love, not war.”

  • The "bad form" of telling a lie to the head-master is a later illustration of the same thing.

  • The men arrived in very bad condition, and many of them blinded with the salt water which had dashed into their eyes.

  • Their sin began on Holy Thursday, with so little secrecy and so bad an example, that the affair was beginning to leak out.

  • Conditions in the new country had gone from bad to worse, and if the season should experience another drought, the worst was come.

  • If any one has lost his temper, as well as his money, he takes good care not to show it; to do so here would be indeed bad form.