| 词汇 | gracelessness |
| 释义 | gracelessness noun[ U ] uk /ˈɡreɪs.ləs.nəs/ us /ˈɡreɪs.ləs.nəs/ the quality of being rude or unpleasant: 不懂礼貌，粗鲁，无礼 There is a depressing gap between the nurses and the sheer gracelessness of some of their customers.护士和他们的一些顾客的粗鲁言行之间存在着令人沮丧的差距。 He had a reputation for gracelessness and aggression.他以粗鲁无礼和好斗著称。 See graceless two men who have somehow raised gracelessness to an art form His gracelessness prevented him from admitting his error. He behaved with disappointing gracelessness. Rude and cheeky backchat cheekily cheekiness cheeky churlishly churlishness coarse-grained fruity gall indelicate obnoxiousness offensively offensiveness pertly potty mouth sass scatological unceremonious unpleasant unprintable Examples of gracelessnessgracelessness He didn't want her to cry over his gracelessness; he didn't want her to think that he was heartless. From Project Gutenberg It was the perfect grace of his gracelessness which made women adore him. From Project Gutenberg The doctor's impulsive nature rose in revolt against the merciless brevity and gracelessness of that reply. From Project Gutenberg Is the present formlessness and gracelessness and monotony of hue to last forever, as suited to the rough needs of a workaday world? From Project Gutenberg His jaw stiffened, then with a sense of chagrin for this gracelessness he stepped forward with a belated cordiality. From Project Gutenberg Yet, how could he without utter gracelessness decline? From Project Gutenberg Strange sounds--such music as the angular, carved figures upon the temples would make, had they been conversing with us--sounds to the ear like their gracelessness to the eye. From Project Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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