untoward

[美]/ʌntə'wɔːd/
[英]/ʌn'tɔrd/
词频: 极高

释义

adj. 事与愿违的;意外的;横生枝节的

短语搭配

untoward incident

不幸事件

untoward behavior

不当行为

untoward consequences

不良后果

例句

untoward jokes and racial remarks.

不合宜的玩笑和有关种族的评论。

Untoward circumstances prevent me from being with you on this festive occasion.

有些不幸的事件使我不能在这欢庆的时刻和你在一起。

the sect claims to disencumber adherents of the untoward effects of past traumas.

该教派宣称要让信徒摆脱过去的伤害造成的不好的影响。

both tried to behave as if nothing untoward had happened.

双方都装作似乎什么不好事都没有发生过的样子。

nothing that I have read about the case leads me to the conclusion that anything untoward happened.

我读到的有关此案的一切不能让我得出发生不幸事件的结论。

and mark thee well, greybeard, should aught untoward befall, thy old head shall answer for his—and a murrain on both of them!’

灰胡子老头,你要竭尽全力把他看好,如有闪失,就要你这颗老人头——你和他都要遭殃!”

was buried with indecent haste;indecorous behavior;language unbecoming to a lady;unseemly to use profanity;moved to curb their untoward ribaldry.

匆忙得不像样的掩埋;无礼行为;不适合女士说的语言。

Results:The effect of granule for relieving worriment was better than that of alprazolam (P<0.01) ,and the untoward reaction in the former was less than that in the latter (P<0.01) .

结果:抗郁冲剂疗效优于阿普唑伦(P<0。01),治疗组不良反应少于对照组(P<0。01)。

原声例句

At least we've confirmed that they were up to something untoward.

至少我们已经确认了他们遇上了些麻烦事。

来源: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

It was necessary to choose some less untoward hour than ten o'clock at night.

而且有必要避开晚上十点钟,选择某个较合时宜的时候去。

来源: Returning Home

He bore the honor gravely and with no untoward conceit, as though it were only his due.

他严肃对待这种荣誉,不骄傲自大,好像这不过是他的本份。

来源: Gone with the Wind

It has said only that President Trump hasn't gotten involved in this, that there's been no untoward contact.

白宫只表示,特朗普总统与此事无关,不存在棘手的接触。

来源: NPR News Compilation November 2017

Yet his frantic bursts of irascibility would be followed by graceful and kind conversation, as though nothing was untoward.

然而,在他狂怒的爆发之后,随之而来的是优雅而亲切的交谈,仿佛一切都很正常。

来源: The Economist (Summary)

A brief search was made but they found nothing untoward.

【nothing】他们简单地搜查了一番,什么异常情况也没发现。

来源: Langman OCLM-01 words

Her efforts in this line, however, were brought to an abrupt close by an untoward accident, which quenched her ardor.

可是一场不幸的事故扑灭了她的热情,使她在这方面的努力猝然走到了终点。

来源: Little Women (Bilingual Edition)

Salk didn't create the media circus, but still, his spot in the limelight was seen as kind of untoward by his peers.

索尔克并没有过度引起媒体的关注,但他在聚光灯下的位置仍然被他的同行们视为某种麻烦。

来源: What it takes: Celebrity Interviews

Oh, I'm not suggesting anything untoward.

我建议的不是什么麻烦事。

来源: Scorpion Queen Season 1

What was the use of untoward candour?

不诚实的坦率有什么用?

来源: A pair of blue eyes (Part 2)

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