vulgarity

英 [vʌlˈɡærəti] 美 [vʌlˈɡærəti]

n.  庸俗; 粗野; 下流; 庸俗的物品(或图画等)

复数:vulgarities

TOEFLTEM8法律

BNC.20291 / COCA.19407



牛津词典

noun

  1. 庸俗;粗野;下流;庸俗的物品(或图画等)
    the fact of being rude or not having good taste; a rude object, picture, etc.
    1. She was offended by the vulgarity of their jokes.
      他们那些粗俗的笑话使她大为不快。
    2. a pornographic magazine full of vulgarities
      充满下流图片的色情杂志

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ-GRADED 粗俗的;庸俗的;俗气的;不雅的
    If you describe something as vulgar, you think it is in bad taste or of poor artistic quality.
    1. I think it's a very vulgar house...
      我觉得这所房子很俗气。
    2. The film is tasteless, vulgar and even badly shot.
      这部电影毫无品位、庸俗不堪,甚至可以说拍得很烂。
  2. ADJ-GRADED (图画、姿势或言论)下流的,猥亵的
    If you describe pictures, gestures, or remarks as vulgar, you dislike them because they refer to sex or parts of the body in a rude way that you find unpleasant.
    1. The women laughed coarsely at some vulgar jokes...
      那些女人听了一些下流的笑话后粗俗地大笑。
    2. The lyrics were vulgar.
      歌词粗俗下流。
  3. ADJ-GRADED 粗俗的;无礼的;粗鄙的;粗鲁的
    If you describe a person or their behaviour as vulgar, you mean that they lack taste or behave rudely.
    1. He was a vulgar old man, but he never swore in front of a woman...
      他是个粗鲁的老头,但他从来不在女人面前说脏话。
    2. 'Don't be vulgar,' she reprimanded.
      “不要无礼,”她斥责道。

双语例句

  1. It is the uneducated vulgarity of expression at all.
    这纯粹是未受教育者的一种粗俗说法。
  2. Talking loudly on a bus is a sign of vulgarity.
    在公共汽车上大声喧哗是一种粗鄙的行为。
  3. His vulgarity made him unwelcome in our home.
    他行为粗野,这使他在我们家不受欢迎。
  4. The same gesture means money to the Japanese, zero to the French and a vulgarity to Brazilians.
    同样的手势对日本人是「钱」的意思,对法国人是「零」的意思,对巴西人是极低俗的手势。
  5. However, some critics have described the program as vulgarity disguised as self-help.
    但也有一些批评者形容该节目是披着自救外衣的庸俗行为。
  6. The 29-year-old comedian has a reputation for gender-bending costumes and occasional vulgarity.
    这名29岁的喜剧演员以性别颠倒的着装以及不时的粗俗之举而出名。
  7. It is the opposite of vulgarity.
    奢华的对立面是粗俗。
  8. This is the color of my heart, faint aloof and mysterious, a ray of quiet elegance and vulgarity.
    这就是我心底的色彩,一抹淡淡的孤傲与神秘,一缕超凡脱俗的优雅与恬静。
  9. The rise of vulgarity on TV has affected British families'viewing habits.
    电视节目中粗俗语言的增加影响了英国家庭观看电视节目的习惯。
  10. As slogans become increasingly diversified and localized, they also become more controversial through their vulgarity or bluntness.
    随着标语不断的多样化和本地化,内容也日渐产生争议,是粗俗还是直言呢?
  11. Mr Murdoch can take substantial credit for the tide of vulgarity that now floods the UK.
    目前,庸俗浪潮充斥着英国,其中大部分可以归功于默多克。
  12. We were offended by the vulgarity of his jokes.
    我们为他的笑话之庸俗感到气愤。
  13. And her mother had imparted enough of her own deportment to prevent any striking or offensive vulgarity of manner.
    同时她又受过她那仪态端庄的母亲的许多影响,因此在她的举止当中没有任何惹眼的或令人不堪忍受的粗俗之处。
  14. Taoist arts are civil, secular, popular and grass-rooted and has a distinct meaning of "vulgarity".
    道教美术是民间性、世俗性、大众性或草根性的,具有鲜明的“俗”之意蕴。
  15. Did the vulgarity bother you or did you contribute to it?-no, I contributed.
    粗俗感有没有烦扰过你或者还是你制造的?-不,是我制造的。
  16. Her vulgarity shocked the rest of the guests.
    她粗俗得让所有其他客人震惊。
  17. Chinese mind since then are stuffed with barbarian spirit of vulgarity and shamelessness.
    中国人的神志从那时候起就充斥了野蛮,粗俗和无耻。
  18. They have to detach themselves from the content of mankind's consciousness, they have to live without touching the stream of growing vulgarity and violence.
    他们必须从人类意识的内容中脱离,他们必须让生活不沾染增长的罪恶和暴力。
  19. Vulgarity is the ugliest word in our language.
    粗俗是俺们语言中最丑陋地字眼句号。
  20. He hated that world of money and vulgarity.
    他痛恨那个金钱和粗鄙的世界。
  21. One sight of him can tell that he is a man free from vulgarity.
    一眼就能看出来他是个超凡脱俗的人。
  22. The reclusive lives of Taoist poets expressed their ideals free from vulgarity and their pursuit of artistic life.
    在唐代道教诗人的隐逸生活中,表现出超凡脱俗的时代理想和艺术化的人生追求。
  23. The vulgarity of his tastes, clothes, manners.
    他情趣的低级、服装之俗不可耐、举止之粗俗。
  24. How else to explain the popularity of paeans to bourgeois vulgarity like Housewives of New Jersey?
    否则怎么解释比如新泽西州的家庭主妇这种对资产阶级庸俗的赞歌大受欢迎呢?
  25. They appreciated his devotion to work and freedom from vulgarity.
    他们喜欢他专心工作,没有低级趣味。
  26. There was for a time a conflict between foreign elegance and native vulgarity that was overlooked by the literati.
    中国现代文学中曾有一次“洋雅”与“土俗”之战,然而都往往被学界所忽略了。
  27. She complained of the vulgarity of German life, and compared it bitterly with the brilliance of Paris.
    她抱怨德国生活的无聊乏味,还刻薄地将那里的生活和巴黎豪华富丽生活做了一番比较。
  28. Haven't heard anyone can the ox is blown so pure and fresh and free from vulgarity!
    好久没有听到有人能把牛吹得这么清新脱俗了!
  29. Some laughed at the shameless vulgarity. Others felt it too outlandish to take seriously.
    一些人对这不知羞耻的粗鄙行为示以嘲笑,其他人则觉得它过于奇怪而不必太当真。
  30. Although I deplore the vulgarity of your language, I defend your right to express yourself freely.
    虽然我对你粗俗的言语深表遗憾,但是我维护你说话的权利。

英英释义

noun

  1. the quality of lacking taste and refinement

      Synonym:    coarsenesscommonnessgrossnessvulgarismraunch