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

• 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

• ADJ-GRADED 粗俗的;庸俗的;俗气的;不雅的
  If you describe something asvulgar, 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。
• ADJ-GRADED （图画、姿势或言论）下流的，猥亵的
  If you describe pictures, gestures, or remarks asvulgar, 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。
• ADJ-GRADED 粗俗的;无礼的;粗鄙的;粗鲁的
  If you describe a person or their behaviour asvulgar, 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。

英英释义

noun

• the quality of lacking taste and refinement
  Synonym:coarsenesscommonnessgrossnessvulgarismraunch

双语例句

• We were offended by the vulgarity of his jokes.
  我们为他的笑话之庸俗感到气愤。
• His vulgarity made him unwelcome in our home.
  他行为粗野，这使他在我们家不受欢迎。
• 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。
• It is the opposite of vulgarity.
  奢华的对立面是粗俗。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。