un·pleas·ant·ness /ʌnˈplezəntnəs/ noun [uncountableU] especially British EnglishBrE
ARGUEtrouble or arguments between people 〔人际〕不愉快的事,摩擦,争执
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unpleasantness• The extremeunpleasantness of the mammogram is systematically and deliberately underplayed by the proponents of massscreening.• Money itself is commonly blamed for unpleasantness in human character, attitudes and behaviour.• It is true that there were bankers but their reputation for unpleasantnessencouraged the popes to turn elsewhere for loans.• She hatedunpleasantness, though she wouldn't back down from a fight.• The promise of the former must somehow compensate for the unpleasantness of the latter.• The unpleasantness had somehow consumed a second on the scoreboardclock, which now read: 01.• Bennett had been doorman at the Garrick Club for twenty-three years and had developed a way with unpleasantness.