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单词 unflattering
释义
unflattering
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈflæt.ər.ɪŋ/us
/ʌnˈflæt̬.ɚ.ɪŋ/
notflattering, or making someonelooklessattractiveorseemworsethanusual:
an unflatteringphoto/dress/colour难看的照片／衣服／颜色
Thebookportraysher in a very unflatteringlight.这本书极大地丑化了她的形象。
Synonyms
negative(BAD)
uncomplimentary
Opposites
flattering
positive(HOPEFUL)
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Not attractive to look at
(Definition ofunflatteringfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
unflattering
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈflæt.ər.ɪŋ/us
/ʌnˈflæt̬.ɚ.ɪŋ/
making someonelooklessattractiveorseemworsethanusual
不恭维的；贬损的；有损形象的
an unflatteringphoto/dress/colour难看的照片／衣服／颜色
Thebookportraysher in a very unflatteringlight.这本书极大地丑化了她的形象。

Examplesofunflattering

unflattering
His account is descriptive,unflatteringtoward the authorities, and above all consistent with other key historical sources.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Anunflatteringpicture of the contemporary record corporation emerges, of what can happen once mercenary goals are placed at the forefront of the recording endeavour.
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Nowadays, a grammarian is someone considered in a more or lessunflatteringway.
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But it is interesting that he felt extremely threatened byunflatteringconnections between consumerism and gender.
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The nature of the genre tends to beunflatteringto uneven intonation or attack, but these faults are absent here.
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With the story stripped down, made direct and 'brutal', the light shed on operatic plots becomes sounflatteringthat most begin to seem like caricatures or bad jokes.
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Whether true or not, we wish to point out that whether a finding is flattering orunflatteringis hardly a criterion of science.
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Nicknames were by no means alwaysunflattering.
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Insofar as a resistant response is noticed by audience members, they will seek to account for the breach of conduct via inferences that are apt to beunflatteringor incriminating.
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It has hadunflatteringepithets heaped upon it many times during the course of this debate.
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These anniversaries shed a veryunflatteringlight on those who, in former times, kept quiet about oppression or did business with those who inflicted it.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I exclude from the category of pretty pictures his own ratherunflatteringportrait, for which we claim absolutely no responsibility.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Only because 1 should not want to see thatunflatteringdescription of bodgers go unchallenged.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I am happy to say that so far thatunflatteringmaxim has remained true in my own case.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is true that sodium and mercury vapour lamps suffer from the defect of presenting road users literally in anunflatteringlight.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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