graceless

a. 不知礼的, 不知耻的, 粗野的 [法] 堕落的, 道德败坏的, 邪恶的

发音

UK /ˈɡɹeɪsləs/

词形变化

more graceless 比较级 most graceless 最高级

别名

gracelesse

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Without grace.

    1995, Susan Sontag, "The Art of Fiction No. 143," Interview with Edward Hirsch published in The Paris Review, No. 137, Winter, 1995, p. 7, [Hirsch:] Do you mind being called an intellectual? [Sontag:] Well, one never likes to be called anything. […] I suppose there will always be a presumption of graceless oddity—especially if one is a woman.

  2. 2.

    Lacking gracefulness.

  3. 3.

    Without the grace of God.

  4. 4.

    Unfortunate.

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词汇关系

形容词

同义词 3

gauche ungraceful unpolished

近义相关 3

awkward inelegant ungracious

词源

From Middle English graceles; equivalent to grace + -less.

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