A monstrosity is something very large and ugly. People most often say it about a building: a huge, clumsy block that spoils the street or the view.

A monstrosity is something very large and ugly.A monstrosity指的是又大又醜的東西 People most often say it about a building:人們最常拿它來形容建築物 a huge, clumsy block that spoils the street or the view.一大塊笨重、破壞街景或視野的龐然大物。

You can also use it for an object, a machine, a plan, or even a piece of writing that feels oversized and wrong. It sits in the same family as monster and monstrous, but in everyday talk it is usually not a scary creature from a story — it is the ugly thing itself.

You can also use it for an object, a machine, a plan,你也可以用它來形容一個物品、一台機器、一個計畫 or even a piece of writing that feels oversized and wrong.甚至一篇讓人覺得太過龐大、不對勁的文章 It sits in the same family as monster and monstrous,它跟monster怪物、monstrous巨大醜陋的是一家人 but in everyday talk it is usually not a scary creature from a story —但平常說話時,它通常不是指故事裡嚇人的怪物 it is the ugly thing itself.而是指那個醜東西本身。

The word is strong and unkind; you say it when you dislike how something looks, not when you are being careful and polite. Newspapers use it about architecture; ordinary speakers use it as a complaint.

The word is strong and unkind;這個字語氣強烈又不太客氣 you say it when you dislike how something looks,你會在不喜歡某個東西的外觀時說它 not when you are being careful and polite.而不是在講究小心、有禮貌的場合說 Newspapers use it about architecture;報紙會用它來評論建築 ordinary speakers use it as a complaint.一般人則用它來抱怨。