untoward

[美國]/ʌntə'wɔːd/
[英國]/ʌn'tɔrd/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

adj. 事與願違的;意外的;橫生枝節的

短語搭配

untoward incident

不幸事件

untoward behavior

不當行爲

untoward consequences

不良後果

例句

untoward jokes and racial remarks.

不合宜的玩笑和有關種族的評論。

Untoward circumstances prevent me from being with you on this festive occasion.

有些不幸的事件使我不能在這歡慶的時刻和你在一起。

the sect claims to disencumber adherents of the untoward effects of past traumas.

該教派宣稱要讓信徒擺脫過去的傷害造成的不好的影響。

both tried to behave as if nothing untoward had happened.

雙方都裝作似乎什麼不好事都沒有發生過的樣子。

nothing that I have read about the case leads me to the conclusion that anything untoward happened.

我讀到的有關此案的一切不能讓我得出發生不幸事件的結論。

and mark thee well, greybeard, should aught untoward befall, thy old head shall answer for his—and a murrain on both of them!’

灰鬍子老頭,你要竭盡全力把他看好,如有閃失,就要你這顆老人頭——你和他都要遭殃!”

was buried with indecent haste;indecorous behavior;language unbecoming to a lady;unseemly to use profanity;moved to curb their untoward ribaldry.

匆忙得不像樣的掩埋;無禮行爲;不適合女士說的語言。

Results:The effect of granule for relieving worriment was better than that of alprazolam (P<0.01) ,and the untoward reaction in the former was less than that in the latter (P<0.01) .

結果:抗鬱沖劑療效優於阿普唑倫(P<0。01),治療組不良反應少於對照組(P<0。01)。

原聲例句

At least we've confirmed that they were up to something untoward.

至少我們已經確認了他們遇上了些麻煩事。

來源: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

It was necessary to choose some less untoward hour than ten o'clock at night.

而且有必要避開晚上十點鐘,選擇某個較合時宜的時候去。

來源: Returning Home

He bore the honor gravely and with no untoward conceit, as though it were only his due.

他嚴肅對待這種榮譽,不驕傲自大,好像這不過是他的本份。

來源: Gone with the Wind

It has said only that President Trump hasn't gotten involved in this, that there's been no untoward contact.

白宮只表示,特朗普總統與此事無關,不存在棘手的接觸。

來源: NPR News Compilation November 2017

Yet his frantic bursts of irascibility would be followed by graceful and kind conversation, as though nothing was untoward.

然而,在他狂怒的爆發之後,隨之而來的是優雅而親切的交談,彷彿一切都很正常。

來源: The Economist (Summary)

A brief search was made but they found nothing untoward.

【nothing】他們簡單地搜查了一番,什麼異常情況也沒發現。

來源: Langman OCLM-01 words

Her efforts in this line, however, were brought to an abrupt close by an untoward accident, which quenched her ardor.

可是一場不幸的事故撲滅了她的熱情,使她在這方面的努力猝然走到了終點。

來源: Little Women (Bilingual Edition)

Salk didn't create the media circus, but still, his spot in the limelight was seen as kind of untoward by his peers.

索爾克並沒有過度引起媒體的關注,但他在聚光燈下的位置仍然被他的同行們視爲某種麻煩。

來源: What it takes: Celebrity Interviews

Oh, I'm not suggesting anything untoward.

我建議的不是什麼麻煩事。

來源: Scorpion Queen Season 1

What was the use of untoward candour?

不誠實的坦率有什麼用?

來源: A pair of blue eyes (Part 2)

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