| 词汇 | grubby |
| 释义 | grubby adjective uk /ˈɡrʌb.i/ us /ˈɡrʌb.i/ informal dirty: 脏的，弄脏的 He was wearing some old shorts and a grubby T-shirt.他穿着一条破旧的短裤和一件脏兮兮的T恤衫。 Don't wipe your grubby hands on my clean towel!别拿我的干净毛巾擦你那脏手！ not clean dirtyThis shirt is dirty. filthyWash your hands before dinner - they're filthy! scruffyHe's the typical scruffy student. messyBen's bedroom is always really messy. grimyDon't wipe your grimy hands on that clean towel! disapproving If you describe an activity or someone's behaviour as grubby, you do not think that it is honest, fair, or acceptable: 卑鄙的，可鄙的 She sees the business of making money as just grubby opportunism.在她眼中，赚钱的生意只不过是可鄙的投机行为而已。 He doesn't want this story to get into the grubby hands of the tabloid press (= to be obtained by newspapers that are not honest and fair).他不想让这件事情登到那些卑鄙下流的小报上去。 Dirty & untidy all over the placeidiom Augean besmeared bespattered bloodied look like something the cat brought/dragged inidiom manky messily messy mucky sluttish sluttishly soiled sordid sordidly unsterilized untidily untidy untrimmed unwashed You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Humiliating and degrading grubby | American Dictionarygrubby adjective us/ˈɡrʌb·i/ dirty or messy: grubby old clothes Examples of grubbygrubby The waiter brought over a grubby document, creased at the corners and covered with tea stains. Escalators are static; stations are grubby and squalid. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Who will get their grubby hands on it? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we ensure that they are only as grubby and dirty as circumstances almost compel us to accept, it will not be too bad. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Rasputin would be rubbing his grubby little mitts with glee. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he agree that this rather grubby tour gives all the wrong signals? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Having to start or finish a journey in a grubby, poorly planned and overcrowded terminus is demoralising to both passengers and operators. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no more to it than the grubby business of being a street politician getting by from one problem to the next. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are a grubby, dirty business and are taken by people who are inadequate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must be careful about using words such as "shabby"and"grubby" in this context. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One is as neat and cosy as the other is grubby and bare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now, only 15 months afterwards, we find them grubby in their performance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our forefathers certainly gave us a good deal—and these folk want to get their grubby hands on it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the big hotels offered the use of its bathrooms to people who were not only dishoused, but a bit grubby. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All that was occasionally available was some grubby thing with four pages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of grubby 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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