monstrosity
英 [mɒnˈstrɒsəti]
美 [mɑːnˈstrɑːsəti]
n. 巨大而丑陋之物(尤指建筑)
BNC.19780 / COCA.20121
牛津词典
noun
- 巨大而丑陋之物(尤指建筑)
something that is very large and very ugly, especially a building- a concrete monstrosity
混凝土建成的庞大怪物
- a concrete monstrosity
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 极其丑陋的庞然大物
If you describe something, especially something large, as amonstrosity, you mean that you think it is extremely ugly.- Most of the older buildings have been torn down and replaced by modern monstrosities.
大部分旧建筑已被拆除,取而代之的是丑陋的现代建筑物。
- Most of the older buildings have been torn down and replaced by modern monstrosities.
英英释义
noun
- something hideous or frightful
- they regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity
- a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
双语例句
- London is the grandest and most complex monstrosity on earth.
伦敦是世界上最庞大最复杂的怪物。 - Today, it's a bureaucratic monstrosity manned by scores of human resource professionals, ruled by committees and governed by thousands of pages of rules and regulations.
现在,它成了繁琐拖拉的庞大官僚主义程序,由数十名人力资源专家运作、有委员会进行管理,并有长达数千页的规章制度作出种种限定。 - Our guide restored the divine character of monstrosity.
我们的领导恢复了那非。 - They put too heavy a burden on it, so the final product has become an oversized monstrosity capable of doing nothing.
但他们给它背负了过重的负担,以至于最终产品竟然成了一个排不上用场的怪物。 - The new office building is a real monstrosity.
新的办公大楼真是丑得可怕。 - That monstrosity they call a shopping mall!
那个他们称之为购物中心的巨大而丑陋的建筑。 - EXAMPLE: Some people liked the famous architect's unusual new office building, but other people considered it to be a monstrosity.
有些人喜欢这位著名建筑师设计的奇特的新办公楼,但也有些人认为它是个大怪物。 - Her flower arrangement was a monstrosity.
她插的花真是难看死了。 - If people will pay extra for meat from a monstrosity like the Belgian blue, anything is possible.
也许人们乐于为购买像比利时蓝色那样的巨型怪物的肉而多套腰包呐,任何事情皆有可能。 - The deck of this monstrosity is surrounded by independently-rotating anti-aircraft guns, each one bigger than the tank.
它的甲板被自主旋转防空机枪环绕着,每个机枪都比坦克大。
