| 词汇 | monstrous |
| 释义 | monstrous adjective uk /ˈmɒn.strəs/ us /ˈmɑːn.strəs/ monstrousadjective (BAD)very cruel: 丑恶的;残酷的;骇人听闻的 a monstrous crime残暴的罪行 monstrous cruelty骇人听闻的残酷行径 But that's monstrous - he can't be allowed to get away with it!但那实在太骇人听闻了——不能让他逍遥法外！ Morally wrong and evil abhorrent abhorrently amoral amorality anomie dissipated dissolute dissolutely dissoluteness enormity nefariousness no goodidiom no more Mr Nice Guyidiom non-ethical obscene trespass turpitude unconscionable unconscionably unethical monstrousadjective (CREATURE)like a monster: 像怪兽的；骇人的 The illustrations show monstrous beasts with bodies like bears and heads like tigers.这些插图展示了怪异的野兽，它们身体像熊，头部像虎。 Serious and unpleasant abominable abominably abysmal abysmally apocalyptic fraught frightful from hellidiom fun ghastliness noxiously objectionable objectionably odious odiously unpleasantness unpretty unspeakable unspeakably unsupportable monstrous | American Dictionarymonstrous adjective us/ˈmɑn·strəs/ monstrousadjective (BIG)very bad, esp. because too big: After the flood she was faced with monstrous repair bills. monstrousadjective (EVIL)extremely evil: monstrous deeds Examples of monstrousmonstrous In the poem swarms of monstrous black butterflies are used as a metaphor for the falling of darkness. Opponents retaliated likewise, branding the houses as unsaleable, 'monstrous', 'nothing less than large bird-cages'. There is more truth to this apparently depressing conclusion than a reflection on the monstrous, chaotic absurdity of war. Seen from this angle, the castrati were, so to speak, turned inside out; no longer simply monstrous, they became pathetic, endowed with feelings. What causes the embryo to turn into the right sort of adult rather than into a monstrous aberration or hybrid? Centennial gatherings consisting overwhelmingly of men commemorating armed men are clearly not the best way of analysing the monstrous toll that military manhood has exacted of non-combatants. A fat face has a monstrous uniformity. The more monstrous the depiction of desire, and the more intense the struggle required to control it, the greater the harvest of pleasure promised by its eventual fulfillment. If she can make good her suggestion that we are actually guilty of monstrous or inhumane proposals, then she must show how what we say is monstrous and inhumane. Everything makes them so, except monstrous length. The maternal in_ection given to this image of proletarian strength must have provided both relief and reassurance to a middle-class audience more used to monstrous images of working-class power. The danger is that we will adopt schemes that will turn out to be monstrous and our own histories and moral sensibilities will soon find them repulsive. However monstrous they may have become, we all agree that the state has the duty to manage them: to establish rules, to call review boards, to answer complaints in court. If this proves to be true, it will be a monstrous scandal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have heard some reasons why such a monstrous decision has been made. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of monstrous 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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