核心畫面

Picture something you would rather turn away from — a smell, a taste, an afternoon you had to sit through. It is not terrible, just not nice. Point that same word at a person and it describes how they treat others: sharp, cold, no warmth in it.

可以想成:一樣讓你想別過頭去的東西——一股味道、一種口感、一個非坐完不可的下午。它不到「可怕」,只是「不好受」。把同更多收起可以想成:一樣讓你想別過頭去的東西——一股味道、一種口感、一個非坐完不可的下午。它不到「可怕」,只是「不好受」。把同一個字指向人,講的就是他待人的方式:語氣衝、態度冷,沒有善意在裡面。

From the picture

待人不友善

讓人不好受的東西換成一個人的態度:跟他相處的那份感覺,就跟聞到難聞的味道一樣讓人想退開。

rude, unfriendly · adjective · B1

rude or unfriendly in the way you speak to people or treat them

不友善的;不客氣的

Also in this word

not nice · adjective · B1

not nice to feel, smell, taste, or live through; making you feel a little unhappy or uncomfortable

令人不快的;不愉快的

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

unpleasantadj/ʌnˈplɛzn̩t/

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    Not pleasant.

    • O sweet Portia, / Here are a few of the unpleasant’st words / That ever blotted paper!
    • It was indeed one admirable piece of Conduct in the said Magistrates, that the Streets were kept constantly clear, and free from all manner of frightful Objects, dead Bodies, or any such things as were indecent or unpleasant, unless where any Body fell down suddenly or died in the Streets […]

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。