undesirable

英 [ˌʌndɪˈzaɪərəbl]

美 [ˌʌndɪˈzaɪərəbl]

adj.  不想要的; 不得人心的; 易惹麻烦的
n.  不受欢迎的人; 不良分子

复数：undesirables　

CET6考研GRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.7811 / COCA.10932

牛津词典

adj.

• 不想要的；不得人心的；易惹麻烦的
  not wanted or approved of; likely to cause trouble or problems
  1. undesirable consequences/effects
     不良后果 / 影响
  2. It would be highly undesirable to increase class sizes further.
     再增加班级人数，是大家都极不愿意的。
  3. prostitution and other undesirable practices
     卖淫和其他不良勾当

noun

• 不受欢迎的人；不良分子
  a person who is not wanted in a particular place, especially because they are considered dangerous or criminal
  1. He's been mixing with drug addicts and other undesirables.
     他一直跟瘾君子和其他不良分子混在一起。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不受欢迎的；不良的；有害的
  If you describe something or someone asundesirable, you think they will have harmful effects.
  1. Inflation is considered to be undesirable because of its adverse effects on income distribution...
     通货膨胀被认为是有害的，因为它会对收入分配产生不利影响。
  2. A large group of undesirable strangers crashed her party.
     一大群不受欢迎的陌生人不请自来，搅了她的聚会。
• N-COUNT 不受欢迎的人；不良分子；危险人物
  Undesirablesare people who a particular government considers to be dangerous or a threat to society, and therefore wants to get rid of.
  1. The Home Office is usually quick to deport undesirables.
     内政部通常会迅速地将不受欢迎人士驱逐出境。

英英释义

noun

• one whose presence is undesirable
  1. rounding up vagrants and drunks and other undesirables

adj

• not wanted
  1. undesirable impurities in steel
  2. legislation excluding undesirable aliens
  Synonym:unwanted
• not worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse)
  Synonym:unsuitable

双语例句

• A large group of undesirable strangers crashed her party.
  一大群不受欢迎的陌生人不请自来，搅了她的聚会。
• We should rectify the undesirable tendencies in time.
  我们应该及时纠正不良倾向。
• This can have some undesirable side effects.
  这可能会产生一些不想要的副作用。
• Undesirable consequences flow from these misconceptions.
  这些误解造成了不良的影响。
• The Home Office is usually quick to deport undesirables.
  内政部通常会迅速地将不受欢迎人士驱逐出境。
• Excess volatility and disorderly movements in exchange rates are undesirable for economic growth.
  汇率过度的不稳定和无秩序的移动对经济的增长是不利的。
• Plastic deformation and creep are highly undesirable, resilience is favourable.
  塑性形变和蠕变是很不利的，回弹性则是有利的。
• They can also never exist in unknown or undesirable state because of an exception.
  它们也不可能因为异常的发生而处于一种未知的或是无法预期的状态中。
• The main aim of inbreeding is to standardise, to fix desirable inherited characteristics and to dispel undesirable ones.
  同系交配的主要目的就是实现标准化，保持理想的遗传特性，并消除不良的特性。
• This is clearly undesirable.
  这明显是不可取的。