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unpleasant to look at 醜陋的；難看的 an ugly face 醜陋的面孔 an ugly building 難看的建築 an ugly scar 醜陋的傷疤 The witch was hideously ugly. 那個女巫醜得嚇人。 Why do some of our government buildings look ugly? 爲什麽我們的一些政府建築看起來很醜？
Extra ExamplesTopics Appearanceb1Jane was a great beauty, but I was always considered to be the ugly sister. 簡是個大美人，但我總是被認爲是最醜的姐姐。 The room was full of heavy, ugly furniture. 房間裏擺滿了笨重難看的家具。 The screaming child in her arms was an ugly little thing. 她懷裏那個尖聲哭叫的孩子是個難看的小東西。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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(of an event, a situation, etc. 事件、局勢等 unpleasant or dangerous; involving threats or violence 令人不快的；危險的；險惡的；兇險的 an ugly incident/scene 醜陋的事件/場景 There were ugly scenes in the streets last night as rioting continued. 昨晚暴亂持續之際，街上險象環生。 A fight started and things got pretty ugly. 一場打鬥開始了，情況變得十分危險。 the latest cinematic effort to lay bare the ugly truth about Hollywood 揭露好萊塢醜陋真相的最新電影努力 the ugly realities of war 戰爭的醜惡現實 Very quickly, the mood turned ugly. 很快，氣氛變得很糟糕。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse uggligr ‘to be dreaded’, from ugga ‘to dread’.