词汇 | unhygienic |
释义 | unhygienic adjective uk /ˌʌn.haɪˈdʒiː.nɪk/ us /ˌʌn.haɪˈdʒen.ɪk/ not clean, in a way that may cause disease: 不卫生的;不干净的 unhygienic conditions and a lack of clean water条件不卫生而且缺乏干净的水 Dirty & untidy all over the placeidiom Augean besmeared bespattered bloodied look like something the cat brought/dragged inidiom look like/as if you've been dragged through a hedge backwardsidiom manky messily messy slovenly sluttish sluttishly soiled sordid unsterilized untidily untidy untrimmed unwashed You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Passing on illness & causing disease Examples of unhygienicunhygienic The latter could be concluded from the high prevalence of trichiuriasis and hookworm infections, which is an indirect indicator of unhygienic human waste disposal. It is easy to ascribe this to unhygienic foods and feeding utensils, for spoons were commonly used to administer substances in the first few days. Barnes in a small report gave a detailed description of the unhygienic and overcrowded conditions in which poor urban women gave birth. Originally sheep and goats would be taken to the stable through the hall but this is nowadays regarded as being unhygienic. Experts argued that reuse and utilization of rubbish were ineffective and unhygienic methods of waste disposal. Because they breast-feed their children fully under unhygienic conditions, their children tend to enjoy the benefits of full breast-feeding more. The persistence of dirt marked the city as unequal, as well as unhygienic. The suspicion of unhygienic swimming-pool water was confirmed by the total coliform count, although faecal contamination was not specifically demonstrated. However, the sanitary authorities argued that this practice was unhygienic and in 1925 the municipal government banned the resale of bread. Domestic kitchen hygiene practices and knowledge are, however, notoriously difficult to measure and it is possible that our subjects were not prepared to disclose unhygienic behaviour. Full breast-feeding protects them from the contaminating effects of poor and unhygienic water. It is extremely rare for food-borne infections and intoxications to originate in processed foods nowadays; they usually arise from unhygienic practices in home, canteen or restaurant kitchens. Shopkeepers pursued campaigns against these competitors by presenting shopkeeping as a 'modern' form of retailing in contrast to the 'old-fashioned', 'semi-barbaric' and 'unhygienic' practices of socalled 'mobile' commerce. It is contended that there is a lack of proper washing-up facilities in canteens or that conditions are unhygienic in some other way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This initiative was designed to protect the public from the risk of unhygienic acupuncture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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