uglier

英 [ˈʌglɪə]

美 [ˈʌgliər]

adj.  丑陋的; 难看的; 令人不快的; 危险的; 险恶的; 凶险的
ugly的比较级

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 丑陋的；难看的
  If you say that someone or something isugly, you mean that they are very unattractive and unpleasant to look at.
  1. ...an ugly little hat...
     难看的小帽子
  2. She makes me feel dowdy and ugly.
     她让我自惭形秽。
• ADJ-GRADED （通常因涉及暴力、挑衅行为而）令人厌恶的，邪恶的，恶性的
  If you refer to an event or situation asugly, you mean that it is very unpleasant, usually because it involves violent or aggressive behaviour.
  1. There have been some ugly scenes...
     出现了一些恶性事件。
  2. The confrontation turned ugly.
     对抗局面进一步激化。
  3. ...an ugly publicity stunt.
     恶俗的宣传噱头
• torearitsugly head→ see:head

双语例句

• Steig writes," his mother was ugly and his father was ugly, but Shrek was uglier than the two of them put together. "
  史泰格写道：“他的老妈很丑，老爸也很丑，可是史瑞克比他们俩加起来还要丑。”
• The story may not even have been true, yet the image lodged itself in my mind so that all the other depressing things I went on to read stuck to it and looked even uglier than they did already.
  故事甚至可能都不是真的，但那位女士的形象却停留在我的脑海中，以致于我接下来看到的所有其它令人沮丧的消息都与之联系起来，看起来更让人烦心。
• These examples emerge from a larger, uglier background: a widely shared assumption that poor nations need not aspire to the sort of energy consumption seen in North America, western Europe and other wealthy regions.
  这些例子的背后是一个更大、更丑陋的事实：人们普遍认为，穷国不需要追求北美、西欧和其他富裕地区那种能源消费。
• Or would he spread bat's wings and flee away, looking so much the uglier, the higher he rose towards heaven?
  或者说，他会不会展开蝙蝠的翅膀腾空飞去，飞得越高，样子越丑呢？
• That makes for a perilous moment for a country that hoped to display its best side to the world this summer, and is now displaying something uglier.
  对于一个试图在今年夏天向世界展示自己最好一面，而今却在展示某些不光彩的东西的国家而言，这阴谋导致了风险。
• The garish yard, filled with the flowers of poverty, was uglier by far than in winter.
  满院花花绿绿，开着穷恶的花，比冬天要更丑陋着好几倍。
• Investing there is harder, messier and just uglier than most foreigners think, says Mr Howie, especially for those used to the western markets 'relative calm and rationality.
  侯伟表示，在中国投资比多数外国人想象的更为困难、混乱和肮脏，特别是对于习惯了西方市场的相对平静和理性的投资者。
• China moves to raise interest rates again, the European PIIGS are choking on their debt and the U.S.debt-ceiling negotiations are getting uglier by the day.
  当中国再次调整银行利率时，欧洲的葡萄牙、意大利、爱尔兰、希腊、西班牙正深陷其债务危机中，而当天美国债务最高额限协商进展的更艰难。
• The other potential costs is that America is not successful, China retaliates, and the global economy suddenly becomes a much uglier place to live and do business.
  另一个潜在的代价就是美国失败了，中国施以报复，全球经济忽然间使得人们生活、商业活动更加严峻。
• Absent rapid government spending, there is potential for an uglier outcome this time.
  如果没有快速到位的政府开支，这次的结果可能会比较糟糕。