off-colour

in AM, use 美国英语用 off-color


1. ADJ-GRADED 不舒服的；身体欠佳的
   If you say that you are feeling off-colour, you mean that you are slightly ill.
   1. For three weeks Maurice felt off-colour but did not have any dramatic symptoms.
      莫里斯连续3周都不大舒服，但又没有什么明显的症状。
2. ADJ-GRADED 表现差强人意的；状态不佳的
   If you say that someone's performance is off-colour, you mean that they are not performing as well as they usually do.
   1. Milan looked off-colour but eventually took the lead in the 82nd minute.
      米兰队的表现差强人意，但最终在第82分钟时取得了领先。
3. ADJ-GRADED （笑话、言语）近乎下流的，不成体统的
   An off-colour joke or remark is rather rude or offensive.
   1. He denies making off-color remarks about women.
      他否认曾口出对女性不敬的污言秽语。

1. For three weeks Maurice felt off-colour but did not have any dramatic symptoms.
   莫里斯连续3周都不大舒服，但又没有什么明显的症状。
2. Milan looked off-colour but eventually took the lead in the 82nd minute.
   米兰队的表现差强人意，但最终在第82分钟时取得了领先。
3. Maybe so, but spending less when households are in no shape to pick up the slack seems a sure-fire way to keep an anaemic recovery off-colour.
   也许这样说没错，但当家庭无法提高消费能力时，政府减少开支也是保证这场貌似得了贫血症的经济恢复进程尽快恢复过来无可厚非的方法。
4. He's been a bit off-colour for the past two days.
   这两天他身体不大舒服。
5. There are some off-colour anecdotes in this book.
   这本书中有些伤风败俗的轶事。
6. The librarian complained that the painter had used an off-colour green on the walls.
   图书馆管理员抱怨说，油漆工在墙上涂的绿色油漆，颜色不匀。

adj

1. in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent
   1. an indelicate remark
   2. an off-color joke

   Synonym:    indelicateoff-color