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

• Talking loudly on a bus is a sign of vulgarity.
  在公共汽车上大声喧哗是一种粗鄙的行为。
• However, some critics have described the program as vulgarity disguised as self-help.
  但也有一些批评者形容该节目是披着自救外衣的庸俗行为。
• 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？
• And her mother had imparted enough of her own deportment to prevent any striking or offensive vulgarity of manner.
  同时她又受过她那仪态端庄的母亲的许多影响，因此在她的举止当中没有任何惹眼的或令人不堪忍受的粗俗之处。
• Vulgarity is the ugliest word in our language.
  粗俗是俺们语言中最丑陋地字眼句号。
• It is the opposite of vulgarity.
  奢华的对立面是粗俗。
• One sight of him can tell that he is a man free from vulgarity.
  一眼就能看出来他是个超凡脱俗的人。
• Taoist arts are civil, secular, popular and grass-rooted and has a distinct meaning of "vulgarity".
  道教美术是民间性、世俗性、大众性或草根性的，具有鲜明的“俗”之意蕴。
• The 29-year-old comedian has a reputation for gender-bending costumes and occasional vulgarity.
  这名29岁的喜剧演员以性别颠倒的着装以及不时的粗俗之举而出名。
• The vulgarity of his tastes, clothes, manners.
  他情趣的低级、服装之俗不可耐、举止之粗俗。