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

• As slogans become increasingly diversified and localized, they also become more controversial through their vulgarity or bluntness.
  随着标语不断的多样化和本地化，内容也日渐产生争议，是粗俗还是直言呢？
• This is the color of my heart, faint aloof and mysterious, a ray of quiet elegance and vulgarity.
  这就是我心底的色彩，一抹淡淡的孤傲与神秘，一缕超凡脱俗的优雅与恬静。
• There was for a time a conflict between foreign elegance and native vulgarity that was overlooked by the literati.
  中国现代文学中曾有一次“洋雅”与“土俗”之战，然而都往往被学界所忽略了。
• Haven't heard anyone can the ox is blown so pure and fresh and free from vulgarity!
  好久没有听到有人能把牛吹得这么清新脱俗了！
• 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。
• Vulgarity is the ugliest word in our language.
  粗俗是俺们语言中最丑陋地字眼句号。
• 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？
• They have to detach themselves from the content of mankind's consciousness, they have to live without touching the stream of growing vulgarity and violence.
  他们必须从人类意识的内容中脱离，他们必须让生活不沾染增长的罪恶和暴力。
• 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。
• He hated that world of money and vulgarity.
  他痛恨那个金钱和粗鄙的世界。