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unlovely

/uhn-luhv-lee/US // ʌnˈlʌv li //UK // (ʌnˈlʌvlɪ) //

不可爱的,不可爱,不可爱的人,不爱

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not lovely; without beauty or charm.
    • : harsh or repellent in character; unpleasant; disagreeable; objectionable.

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Examples

  • Prussian militarism was unlovely, to be sure, but the Kaiser was no Führer.

  • Most crimes are motivated by unlovely impulses that are at least comprehensible: the desire for money, sex, respect, revenge.

  • We are not smarter or wiser because we happen to be born later, and it's an unlovely tendency to imagine that we are.

  • It is said that atheists are bred in slums, and amidst brick walls and unlovely surroundings.

  • In a few moments the crude, unlovely room was piteously bright, and the mystery had flown.

  • The fire had gone out during the excitement of the morning, and the room looked more than ever unlovely and uninhabited.

  • It was all quite unlovely, yet it had made him happy to come there.

  • Must I bear the awful burden of authority, that unlovely appendage to youth?

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