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单词 eyesore
释义
eyesore
noun[C]
uk
/ˈaɪ.sɔːr/us
/ˈaɪ.sɔːr/
anunpleasantoruglysightin apublicplace:
（公共场所的）不顺眼的东西，难看的东西
Theythinkthe newlibrarybuildingis an eyesore.他们觉得新盖的图书馆大楼很难看。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not attractive to look at
  • back end
  • be no oil paintingidiom
  • be not much to look atidiom
  • bleakly
  • bleakness
  • chintzy
  • excrescence
  • gracelessly
  • hatchet-faced
  • have a face like the back end of a busidiom
  • hideous
  • hideousness
  • homeliness
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  • reptilian
  • scrappily
  • scrappy
  • vulgarity
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Unpleasant places
(Definition ofeyesorefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

eyesore| American Dictionary

eyesore
noun[C]
us
/ˈɑɪˌsɔr,-ˌsoʊr/
anunpleasantoruglysightin apublicplace:
Thesebillboardsby thesideof theroadare an eyesore.
(Definition ofeyesorefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofeyesore

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The smells and flies bothered the colonial administrators and theeyesoreof the dump disturbed the picturesque view of the quaint walled city.
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Another problem that we have to tackle is how to finance the orderly recovery and reclamation of items which will otherwise constitute pollutants or eyesores.
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Then we have cities, towns and villages with open spaces which are eyesores and derelict buildings which give an area a depressing environment.
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The board even holds to ransom those who wish to erase these eyesores by asking ridiculous prices for the muck stack content.
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The masts are invariably eyesores; they are an awful imposition on the surrounding landscape.
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These pit heaps are hideous and ugly, aneyesoreto those who live in mining villages.
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The eyesores of today are often the industrial archaeology of tomorrow.
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Pipelines are aneyesoreto those who love the country.
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A piece of land, owned by builders, is described by local residents as having been left as aneyesore.
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An appalling block of flats, an absoluteeyesore, was put up in its place.
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That mill is aneyesoreand is now dangerous because of its dilapidated condition.
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Will he see whether something can be done before they become eyesores and rubbish tips?
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It is aneyesorein this pleasant-looking village and an impediment to education progress.
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We have heard to-night in regard to the bridge what aneyesoreit is.
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The watercourse not only becomes aneyesore—not an amenity—but, depending on the severity of the pollution, loses much of the life within it.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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