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？
• 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。
• Although I deplore the vulgarity of your language, I defend your right to express yourself freely.
  虽然我对你粗俗的言语深表遗憾，但是我维护你说话的权利。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Mr Murdoch can take substantial credit for the tide of vulgarity that now floods the UK.
  目前，庸俗浪潮充斥着英国，其中大部分可以归功于默多克。