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bad
Word family
bad1 /bæd/ ●●● S1 W1 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp worse /wɜːs $ wɜːrs/, superlativesupl worst /wɜːst $ wɜːrst/) → bade
3 not sensible 不明智的 [usually before noun] not sensible, or not suitable in a particular situation 不好的，不明智的，不合适的 OPP good
5 wrong behaviour 不良行为BAD PERSON spoken doing something you should not do, or behaving in a wrong way – used especially about children or pets 〔尤指儿童或宠物〕顽皮的，表现差的，表现不好的 SYN naughty
7 a bad time/moment etc DIFFICULTa time that is not suitable or causes problems 不适当的时候
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a bad time/moment etc• Calls to assistant general manager Mike Port came at a bad time.• Strawberry had had a bad time.• While I have no problem with this, the issue is that my friends are giving me a bad time about it.• The prolonged federal government shutdown could not have come at a worse time for businessman Herb Stein.• And it was still a bad time for the people in the middle.• And then uh, he was the homecoming king and oh, gosh, that was a bad time in my life.• I thought it would be great down there, but I started having a bad time so I went back to Newcastle.• It was a bad time to have chosen for confrontation.
11 bad heart/leg/back etc CONDITION/STATE OF somethinga heart, leg etc that is injured or does not work correctly 心脏/腿/背等不好
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bad heart/leg/back etc• Medical deferment for a very bad heart.• He had a bad leg and they kept on at him to hurry up.• He had a bad back as well, you know, just like Rich.• For Joshua, at sixty-two, and suffering from a bad leg, distances had begun to take on an extraordinary significance.• A sweetheart, this little lady, not bad legs either.• The problems-from bad backs to carpal tunnel syndrome to headaches-have made the headlines of every health magazine in the country.• That coming from him who would go sick with a bad back whenever a job tired him.
13 be in a bad mood (also be in a bad temper British English)BAD-TEMPERED to feel annoyed or angry 情绪不好，心情不佳
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be in a bad mood• I had to wait two hours for the train, which really put me in a bad mood.• Maybe he was in a bad mood.• Sister Isabel is in a bad mood.• He seems to be in a bad mood about something.• The feeling of contentment produced by gin-and-water had now disappeared, and the beadle was in a bad mood once more.• Nubenehem was in a bad mood, reaching for her liquor jar and belching.• Why were you in such a bad mood this morning?• Ignore her, she is in a bad mood today.• But I was in a bad mood with myself.
14 feel bad
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feel bad• We had a long talk about it afterwards and I know she felt bad.• Being with the nuns only made it feel worse.• I felt bad about David, whose roots are in labor.• Continually feeling bad about how your body looks limits your self-esteem, which eventually undercuts your immune power.• I felt bad about not being able to come last night.• I feel bad about not going to Debbie's party, but I've just got too much to do.• I feel bad about what I said. Things haven't been easy for either of us.• It's very ... I felt bad afterwards.• That makes me feel bad because I don't want to go anywhere else.• Do I feel bad, exploited, put down?• Whenever I go to London I feel bad for Georgie.• Turning the mirror over, I feel worse than before.• I should have told Helen I was sorry. I feel really bad that I didn't.
15 not bad spokenGOOD ENOUGH used to say that something is good, or better than you expected 不错的
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not bad• "How are you?" "Oh, not bad."• Doing something you feel obligated to do is not bad.• Not an ale, but not bad.• All the news out of Texas is not bad.• But for all that, you are not bad.• It was not bad at all ... Emma: Not bad at all!?• But for an afternoon's work, not bad at all.• "What was the food like?" "Oh, not bad - better than last time."• "How was the exam?" "Oh, not too bad. I think I passed."• That's not a bad idea.• You know, that's not a bad idea.• A sweetheart, this little lady, not bad legs either.• Not bad, not bad I've been sorting out my council tax George.
16 not too/so bad spoken used to say that something is not as bad as expected 不是太糟糕
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not too/so bad• The roads weren't too bad.• At first, things were not so bad.• Compared to how I feel, how I look is not so bad.• She began to think that perhaps village life was not so bad.• The Ky is not too bad.• The policing here is not so bad.• The weather was not too bad.• We played really well and while the other contenders still had to play each other, our run-in was not too bad.• The Vatican, I must say, is not too bad when it is full and the resonance is reduced.
17 too bad spoken
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too bad• The weather was not too bad.• But, as he admits, he's not doing too bad.• If any of the contenders have not got their act together by then, then it is simply too bad.• All this would not have been too bad but for the fact that our rope was going rotten at an alarming pace.• Too bad Dickie isn't here to enjoy the fun.• Life in the slammer wasn't too bad for Bob Mitchum.• "I've got plans this evening." "Too bad, I need you to stay till you've finished the report."• "Senator Volk's out of town.'' "Too bad! I wanted to meet him and talk about the campaign.''• It's too bad of you.• It's too bad she had to give up teaching when she got sick.• It's too bad you have to leave, just when we need you most.
18 go from bad to worse WORSEto become even more unpleasant or difficult 越来越坏，每况愈下
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go from bad to worse• Matters continued to go from bad to worse.• Matters went from bad to worse.• On Ithaca, the island where his home was, things had gone from bad to worse.• That they are going from bad to worse.• Things went from bad to worse, and soon the pair were barely talking to each other.• It went from bad to worse as the heavens opened and turned the circuit into one huge puddle.• The schools have gone from bad to worse in this area.• The rail service has gone from bad to worse since it was privatised.• As 1931 went from bad to worse the possibility of another marriage began to seem her best hope of salvation.
19 be in a bad way informalSERIOUS SITUATION to be very ill, unhappy, or injured, or not in a good condition 病情严重；不高兴；受伤；处于困境
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be in a bad way• You'd better get an ambulance - she's in a pretty bad way.• Sometimes aircraft returning across the Channel are in a bad way.• She was in a bad way and I hated doing it, but I had to.• The solo climber was in a bad way, and they invited him to rope up with them.• I was in a bad way at that time, I felt really depressed, so I went round causing criminal damage.• Martin came back from Africa with malaria, and he was in a pretty bad way for months.• Effie here is in a bad way for several reasons.• Duncan saw that he was in a bad way, his face grey and wan.• He could see that Longhi, the lowest on the rope, was in a bad way; his hands kept slipping.• Some are in a bad way so we share what we have.
20 a bad name BADif something has a bad name, people do not respect or trust it 不好的名声
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a bad name• In this way the original insights of New Right thinking have acquired for themselves a bad name.• The dinner they gave him ranks among the epic brawls which regularly give the brotherhood of socialist solidarity a bad name.• Then came the kind of spot award that gets Anfield a bad name.• These holy rollers gave all the churches a bad name.• This is the kind of disingenuous hair-splitting that gives politics a bad name.• This is the sort of self-serving, insincere baloney that gives good government a bad name.• On the field, he is annoying and irritating and gives high-salaried athletes more of a bad name than they already have.• What happened is indisputable: students, and the institutions to which they belonged, acquired a bad name universally.
21. bad lot/sort/type British EnglishBrE old-fashionedBAD PERSON someone who is morally bad or cannot be trusted 坏人，坏蛋，坏家伙
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bad lot/sort/type• Domestic violence is insanity of the worst sort.• I left to live with a boyfriend, who turned out to be a bad lot.• If so, San Diego was among the worst of a bad lot.• He was a bad lot and it was just one of those things.• And yes, I know, even as a spectator, I was condoning the worst sort of behavior.• If they do not, they will be guilty of the worst sort of hypocrisy.• But maybe that is the worst sort of wishful thinking.• The city's school system, among the worst of a bad lot through the state, is full of squabbling.
22 bad penny British EnglishBrEDIFFICULT someone or something that causes trouble and is difficult to avoid 讨厌又避不开的人[事物]
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bad penny• I took long breaks away from training and would then reappear like the proverbial bad penny, as if I had never been away.
24 in bad faith DISHONESTif someone does something in bad faith, they are behaving dishonestly and have no intention of keeping a promise 存心不良地，背信弃义地
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in bad faith• In order to sue, you have to prove that the company was acting in bad faith.• And some councils are acting in bad faith.• In Anisminic, Lord Reid gave the following examples: It may have given its decision in bad faith.• School officials can lose this qualified privilege if they act in bad faith or without regard for whether the statements are true.
25 bad news spoken informalBAD PERSON someone or something that always causes trouble 带来麻烦的人[事物]
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bad news• Clanahan gave us the worse news.• Now, ten years and three children later, he is finally convinced that another mouth to feed would be bad news.• The bad news: A concussion that left Young woozy and knocked him out of the game.• It's bad news, but it's true.• The latest bad news came from a report released by the Book Industry Study Group.• This theft can only be bad news for the preservation movement.• I have some bad news - I think the water heater's not working.• Rich foods are bad news if you're on a diet.• Colin Anderson is still missing through suspension, and more bad news is that Owen Pickard is out injured.• But the really bad news was that the post in question was an important insurance form.
26 bad form British EnglishBrE old-fashionedBAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONS socially unacceptable behaviour 不礼貌的行为
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bad form• The most terrible bad form. 5.• Tainting the courts with politics is very bad form, but apparently irresistible.• They need an exorcist to figure out what in the devil possessed them to return to their worst form from last season.• Like the institutionalized human being, it faces the problem of leisure in its worst form: it has nothing to do.• Wilful impediment of the sacred moves was not only ill-mannered, but the worst form of blasphemy.• He asked Billy what he thought the worst form of execution was.• We all now agree with Churchill's adage: democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.• Self-interest was the worst sin and slaveholding was the worst form of self-interest.• It's bad form to say "I told you so" when a friend ignores your advice and makes a fool of himself.
27 bad blood AGAINST/OPPOSEangry or bitter feelings between people 恶感，敌意；仇恨
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bad blood• There'd been some bad blood between Jose and Arriola over a woman.• There had been bad blood between Laurie and Lisa for months.• It will be great theater because there is truly bad blood between the camps of supporters.• There is bad blood between the options market's leading dealing firms and the stock exchange.• But bad blood between the two had developed years before that.• There was bad blood between Uncle Hal and Uncle Charlie.• Probyn recognises that whenever there is money about, then the potential for bad blood creeping in is always there.• Was this not deft proof of how the human gene-pool was constantly deteriorating, how bad blood drove out good?• But referee Ed Morrison's leniency led to bad blood spilling over in a six-man brawl as Richards looked for revenge.
28. not have a bad word to say about/against somebody if no one has a bad word to say about a particular person, everyone likes and respects that person 如果没有人说某人一句不好，那某人口碑很好
29 it’s bad enough ... DIFFICULT spoken used to say that you already have one problem, so that you do not want to worry about or deal with another one …已经够受了
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it’s bad enough ...• It's bad enough being paranoid, let alone telling everyone about it.• It's bad enough being stuck in here without our not getting on as well.• It's bad enough for me, imagine living abroad.• It's bad enough having a seriously ill child without all having to be split up.• It's bad enough looking through the new sections and the main articles and seeing nothing mentioned less than E4,6b.• It's bad enough now, but it must have been really something when it was occupied.• It's bad enough that Timothy's mooning over her like a schoolboy, wet behind the ears.• It's bad enough trying to fly with unequal line lengths; having an asymmetric kite can be most frustrating!
30 something can’t be bad spokenGOOD ENOUGH used to persuade someone that something is good or worth doing 某事不错〔用于劝导〕
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something can’t be bad• The kids get a multicultural education, and that can't be bad.
31 (comparativecomp badder, superlativesupl baddest) spoken informal especially American EnglishAmE
—badness noun [uncountableU]
THESAURUS
bad not good 坏的，不好的
a bad idea
坏主意
His behaviour is getting worse.
他行为越来越糟了。
poor not as good as it could be or should be 差的，不佳的
A poor diet can lead to ill health.
饮食不良会导致健康欠佳。
his poor performance at school
他在学校的糟糕表现
not very good not good – often used instead of saying directly that something was ‘bad’, especially when you were disappointed by it 不怎么好，一般〔委婉说法，尤用于表示失望的时候〕
The film wasn’t very good.
这部电影很一般。
disappointing not as good as you hoped or expected 让人失望的
Her exam results were disappointing.
她的考试成绩令人失望。
a disappointing start to the campaign
这场让人失望的运动开场
negative bad – used when talking about the bad result or effect of something 〔某事的结果或影响〕不良的，负面的
All the publicity had a negative impact on sales.
所有这些推广宣传对销售产生了负面影响。
nthe negative effects of climate change
undesirable formal bad and not wanted 不合意的，不想要的
The policy had some undesirable consequences.
这一政策造成了一些不良后果。
ndrug abuse and other undesirable behaviour
unfavourable formal unfavourable conditions are not good for doing something 不利的，不好的
very bad 非常不好的The boat race was cancelled because of unfavourable weather.
划船比赛因天气不好被取消了。
awful/terrible/dreadful especially British EnglishBrE very bad 极糟的，很差的
The movie was awful.
这部电影糟透了。
Her house is in a terrible state.
她的房子状况极差。
na dreadful crime
horrible very bad, especially in a way that shocks or upsets you 可怕的，恐怖的
He describes prison as ‘a horrible place’.
他形容监狱是“一个可怕的地方”。
nIt was a horrible experience.
disgusting smelling or tasting very bad 〔气味或味道〕极糟的，令人恶心的
The food was disgusting.
食物非常糟糕。
The fish smelled disgusting.
这鱼闻上去很恶心。
lousy /ˈlaʊzi/ informal very bad or disappointing 很差的，令人失望的
The weather has been lousy all week.
整个星期天气都很糟。
I’m fed up with this lousy job.
我对这份讨厌的工作已经受够了。
ghastly /ˈɡɑːstli $ ˈɡæstli/ British EnglishBrE informal very bad 糟透的
I’ve had a ghastly day.
今天我倒霉透了。
a ghastly mistake
严重的错误
severe severe problems, injuries, illnesses etc are very bad and serious 〔问题、伤势、病情等〕严重的，恶劣的
The country faces severe economic problems.
该国面临严重的经济问题。
severe delays
重大的延误
nHe suffered severe head injuries in a car crash.
atrocious/appalling/horrendous extremely bad in a way that is shocking 可怕的，惊人的
Her behaviour has been absolutely atrocious.
她的行为极其恶劣。
The country has an appalling human rights record.
这个国家的人权记录令人发指。
abysmal /əˈbɪzməl/ very bad and of a very low standard 极坏的，糟透的
The team’s performance was abysmal.
该队的表现一塌糊涂。
nthe abysmal conditions in some prisons
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bad• bad apples• I was always really bad at French!• I'm very bad at remembering people's names.• It's the worst book she's ever written.• Bad cat! Get off the table!• Did you have a bad day at work?• This was often a direct consequence of bad diet: too much matooke and nothing else.• He's the worst driver I've ever seen.• Frank had a bad flu before Christmas.• In most movies, the bad guy gets caught in the end.• He plays one of the bad guys in the movie.• bad housing conditions• He had a bad influence on his younger brother.• a book full of bad language• A sweetheart, this little lady, not bad legs either.• bad management• But the fuel crisis was not all bad news for riders.• I'm afraid I have some bad news.• But when the cable came it was bad news.• The sharpest rise in shop sales for almost 12 years encouraged hopes that the worst of the recession is over.• In the 1980s, their cars had a bad reputation for reliability.• Critics blame the students' poor test performances on bad teaching.• Is there any crime worse than murdering a child?• He had an especially bad time at boarding school.• If the weather's bad, we could go to the museum instead.• The first, last year, was canceled because of bad weather.• But you were bad with your eyes all the same, I remember you were in a darkened room for days.
bad thing to do• The worst thing to do is to try to make big changes all at once.
bad girl/dog etc• I love that she is the bad girl.• They were all thieves and bad girls.• You, for one, you bad girl.• Jen had been a bad girl as a kid and probably seemed to him to be straightening out.• She had longed to be a bad girl in those post-war years, those austerity years.• Squashing a bad girl is like trying to squash a bluebottle.• Nice girls saved everything until they were married and bad girls, well, bad girls did the opposite.
bad for• Not bad for a Monday, I thought.• Insurers pronounced 1998 the worst for climate-related disasters-until 1999 came along.• Which was good for the soul, but bad for knees and dignity.• If the judgment was bad for Microsoft, surely it must be good for somebody.• It was bad for pilot morale.• As chapter 11 is so bad for senior creditors, management and shareholders have a big advantage.• Stigler admitted that, theoretically speaking, monopolies were usually bad for society.• Financial analysts repeated time and again to the media that any and all wage increases were bad for the stock market.• Smoking is bad for your health.
gone bad• Could he explain it all, the three-game losing streak, the Rose Bowl ambitions gone bad?• He is that most traditional of stereotypes - the working class gone bad.• The theory here is that governments are more likely to bail out essential-service projects whose financing has gone bad.• We had some cans of ginger ale in a cooler, but they had gone bad, exploded.
bad at (doing) something• In fact, it is not bad at all.• The things that male brains are usually good at gay brains are often bad at, and vice versa.• And she added that some women were just as bad at bullying as the men.• Either she was not anorexic, or she was awfully bad at it.• It was always worst at night, as he waited for sleep to rescue him.• The distortion generated is worst at the kind of levels needed for headphone listening.• Intractable as these difficulties sometimes are at the sampling stage, they become much worse at the level of analysis and interpretation.
bad2 noun
1 to the bad British EnglishBrE informalBPOOR if you are a particular amount to the bad, you are that much poorer or you owe that much 亏损；负债
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to the bad• If the worst comes to the worst, says the suicide, I can always kill myself.• As the fingers tightened he resigned himself to the worst.• The majority of eligible voters said they would rather not cast ballots, leading to the worst percentage voter turnout since 1924.• A handful of poxy tents sold greasy lentil pilaf to the worst kind of industry lackey.• The third set of arguments points to the bad effects of using law on the family.• For a moment, I imagined the best possible to the worst possible reply.• De Gaulle warned of a return to the bad old days of incoherence and irresponsibility.• The agency also recently hosted a meeting of prefectural police to coordinate investigations into crimes tied to the bad loans.
2. my bad! American EnglishAmE spoken informal used to say that you have made a mistake or that something is your fault 我的不是！是我不好！
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bad• More of the bad of Washington sticks to you than the good.
bad3 adverbadv spoken
a word used to mean ‘badly’ that many people think is incorrect 很，非常〔很多人认为此用法是错的〕
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From Longman Business Dictionary
badbad1 /bæd/ adjectiveadj
bad debt/loan/investment/stock/assetFINANCEBANKING a bad debt, loan, investment etc is one from which you will not be able to get your money back
Barclays have sharply increased their provision for bad corporate debts.
The bank has more than a half billion dollars of bad assets.
badbad2 noun
to the bad if you are a particular amount of money to the bad, you have lost or owe that amount
Thanks to your mistake, I’m £500 to the bad!
(1200-1300) Perhaps from Old English bæddel “male homosexual”
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⇨ bad (bad news) ⇨ difficult 2 (a bad situation) ⇨ evil (the bad guys) ⇨ harmful (bad for business) ⇨ incompetent (bad at maths) ⇨ injured (a bad back) ⇨ naughty (bad behaviour) ⇨ offensive (bad language) ⇨ poor 2 (a bad idea/article) ⇨ rotten (bad eggs) ⇨ serious 1 (a bad headache) ⇨ sick 1 (I'm afraid I'm feeling pretty bad.) ⇨ sorry (She felt bad about leaving him.) ⇨ unhealthy (bad for you) ⇨ wet 2 (bad weather) ⇨ wrong 3 (bad timing) ⇨ not bad ⇨ adequate ⇨ too bad ⇨ unfortunate 2 bad ➡ See also the entry for terrible 1 另见terrible条第1义 bad ♦︎ nasty ♦︎ unpleasant ♦︎ grim ♦︎ lousy ♦︎ wretched ♦︎ ghastly These words all describe sth that is full of problems and/or makes you feel upset, uncomfortable, disappointed or depressed. 这些词均表示情况糟糕的、令人不快或沮丧的。 SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺 下图显示这些词所表达糟糕或令人不快的程度
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配 ◆ a bad / a nasty / an unpleasant / a grim / a ghastly situation ◆ a bad / a nasty / an unpleasant / a ghastly experience / feeling ◆ bad / nasty / unpleasant / grim / lousy / wretched / ghastly weather ◆ a bad / a nasty / an unpleasant / a grim mood ◆ a bad / a nasty / an unpleasant taste / smell ◆ bad / grim / ghastly news ◆ a bad / a grim / a lousy / a wretched day / night / time ◆ a nasty / an unpleasant / a grim / a wretched / a ghastlythought ◆ the nasty / unpleasant / grim truth / reality / facts ◆ to find sth unpleasant / grim ◆ very bad / nasty / unpleasant / grim / wretched◆ really bad / nasty / unpleasant / grim / lousy / wretched / ghastly◆ pretty bad / nasty / unpleasant / grim / lousy / ghastly◆ rather bad / nasty / unpleasant / grim / ghastly◆ particularly bad / nasty / unpleasant / grim / ghastly■ bad full of problems; not what you hope for or want 问题成堆的；不如人意的 ◆ I'm having a really bad day.我今天倒霉透了。 ◆ It was the worst experience of her life.那是她一生中最糟糕的经历。 ◆ Smoking gives you bad breath.吸烟会导致口臭。 ◆ Things are bad enough without our own guns shelling us.本来情况就够糟的了，偏偏我们自己的大炮又向我们开起火来。 OPP good ⇨ nice 1 ■ nasty very bad or serious; making you feel upset, uncomfortable or disgusted 极差的；严重的；令人不快（或厌恶）的 ◆ He had a nasty accident.他出了严重的事故。 ◆ The news gave me a nasty shock.这消息可把我吓死了。 ◆ He had a nasty moment when he thought he'd lost his passport.他以为护照丢了，当时苦恼极了。 ◆ This coffee tastes nasty.这咖啡难喝死了。 ◆ Don't buy that coat－it looks cheap and nasty .别买那件外套，一看就是差劲的便宜货。 OPP nice ⇨ nice 1 ■ unpleasant (formal ) not pleasant or comfortable 令人不快的；不舒服的 ◆ There was an unpleasant atmosphere in the room.房间里有一种不愉快的气氛。 ◆ The minerals in the water made it unpleasant to drink.水里的矿物质使得这水挺难喝的。 ◆ He may make life unpleasant for the rest of us.他可能让我们大家的日子都不好过。 ⓘ Unpleasant is usually less strong than nasty and is not used to mean 'serious'. * unpleasant的语气通常不如nasty强烈，没有“严重的”之意 ◆ He had an unpleasant accident. However, it is sometimes used in a rather polite or formal way to describe sth that really is nasty, when you don't want to say exactly how nasty it is. 不过，如果事情确实很严重，却又不想直说，有时就会用unpleasant，这是一种颇为礼貌或正式的用法 ◆ Things started to get unpleasant when the neighbours called in the police.邻居把警察叫来时，事态就开始不妙了。 OPP pleasant ⇨ nice 1 ■ grim unpleasant and depressing 令人不快且沮丧的 ◆ The accident serves as a grim reminder of what drinking and driving can do.这起事故无情地提醒了我们酒后驾车会导致什么样的后果。 ◆ The outlook is pretty grim.前景堪忧。 ◆ Things are looking grim for workers in the building industry.对建筑业的工人来说，形势看来很不乐观。 ⓘ Grim news , reminder , discovery , reality , picture , legacy , fate , future , prospect , forecast , outlook and warning . * grim尤用于描述刚刚发生的事和将来可能发生的事，搭配词有news、reminder、discovery、reality、picture、legacy、fate、future、prospect、forecast、outlook和warning。 ■ lousy ˈlaʊzi (informal ) very bad or disappointing 非常糟的；令人极为失望的 ◆ What lousy weather!这天气真糟糕！ ◆ I've had a lousy day.我今天倒霉透顶。 ⓘ Lousy day , food , husband , lover , summer and weather . * lousy尤用于描述令人失望的事物或人，搭配词有day、food、husband、lover、summer和weather。 ■ wretched ˈretʃɪd (written ) extremely bad or unpleasant 极坏的；恶劣的 ◆ She had a wretched time of it at school.她上学时的日子十分难熬。 ◆ The animals are kept in the most wretched conditions.这些动物的饲养条件极其恶劣。 ⓘ Wretched * wretched尤用于描述让他人（或动物）难受而令人同情的极端状况。 ■ ghastly ˈgɑːstli; NAmE ˈgæstli (informal ) extremely bad or unpleasant 糟透的；差极的 ◆ The weather was ghastly.天气糟透了。 ◆ It's all been a ghastly mistake.这是个极其恶劣的错误。 ⓘ Ghastly * ghastly尤用于描述使人感官上或情感上难受的极端状况。
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bad
Not pleasant and enjoyable: unpleasant, bad, awful...
Causing problems and disagreement: difficult, bad, embarrassing...
Bad for you or your health: bad, unhealthy, debilitating...
Bad for your reputation: reputational, bad, degrading...
Bad or of a low quality: sad, poor, terribly...
Not skilful or able: incompetent, incapable, awful...
Not suitable or convenient: unsuitable, inappropriate, inconvenient...
Unfair: unfair, unjust, unequal...
Physically painful and describing pain: achy, acute, agonising...
Cruel and unkind: cruel, unkind, evil...
Evil: evil, atrocious, bad...
Words used to describe children: adolescent, bad, big...
Tasting bad or lacking flavour: stale, nasty, rancid...
Words used mainly by young people: awesome, awesomesauce, bad...
Very good: cushdy, great, select...
Ways of making or receiving criticism or blame: against, the buck stops here/with someone, charming...
To be patient, and to not complain too much: roll with the punches, bear, tolerate...
Betting, bets and ways of betting: bet, betting, call...
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