monstrosity是什么意思
中文词源
monstrosity 巨大而丑陋的建筑物
来自monster,怪物。比喻用法。
英文词源
- monstrosity (n.)
- 1550s, "abnormality of growth," from Late Latin monstrositas "strangeness," from Latin monstrosus, a collateral form of monstruosus (source of French monstruosité); see monster. Earlier form was monstruosity (c. 1400). Sense of "quality of being monstrous" is first recorded 1650s. Meaning "a monster" is attested from 1640s.
实用例句
- 1. Pompidou was in fact saddling us with a procedural monstrosity.
- 蓬皮杜实际在用程序问题吓唬我们.
来自辞典例句
- 2. That new multi - storey car - park is an utter monstrosity!
- 那座新建的多层停车场难看极了!
来自辞典例句
- 3. Her flower arrangement was a monstrosity.
- 她插的花真是难看死了.
来自辞典例句
- 4. As that monstrosity of venal lust is no longer possible, it is no longer needed.
- 以金钱去购买淫欲的丑事既然不可能再存在下去, 那么也就不再有需要了.
来自辞典例句
- 5. London is grandest and most complex monstrosity on earth.
- 伦敦是世界上最庞大最复杂的怪物.
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