monstrosity
英 [mɒnˈstrɒsəti]
美 [mɑːnˈstrɑːsəti]
n. 巨大而丑陋之物(尤指建筑)
BNC.19780 / COCA.20121
牛津词典
noun
- 巨大而丑陋之物（尤指建筑）
something that is very large and very ugly, especially a building- a concrete monstrosity
混凝土建成的庞大怪物
- a concrete monstrosity
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 极其丑陋的庞然大物
If you describe something, especially something large, as amonstrosity, you mean that you think it is extremely ugly.- Most of the older buildings have been torn down and replaced by modern monstrosities.
大部分旧建筑已被拆除，取而代之的是丑陋的现代建筑物。
- Most of the older buildings have been torn down and replaced by modern monstrosities.
英英释义
noun
- something hideous or frightful
- they regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity
- a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
双语例句
- London is the grandest and most complex monstrosity on earth.
伦敦是世界上最庞大最复杂的怪物。 - The deck of this monstrosity is surrounded by independently-rotating anti-aircraft guns, each one bigger than the tank.
它的甲板被自主旋转防空机枪环绕着，每个机枪都比坦克大。 - While we are all being toxified and duped by the monstrosity that is Monsanto, there are some whose lives are being completely ruined by them.
当我们都被孟山都这个怪物下毒弄晕的时候，有些人的生活则完全地被他们给毁了。 - Most of the older buildings have been torn down and replaced by modern monstrosities.
大部分旧建筑已被拆除，取而代之的是丑陋的现代建筑物。 - That new multi storey car park is an utter monstrosity!
那座新建的多层停车场难看极了！ - But the actor might have gone for something a little more attractive than the ugly, teal green monstrosity he was zooming around in.
然而，吸引这位演员的应该不仅仅是他所驾驶的那辆丑陋的蓝绿色怪物！ - I wash't expecting somewhere called meadow court to be a huge concrete monstrosity.
我没料到一个名叫草地公寓的地方会是一幢庞大的混凝土怪物。 - The new office building is a real monstrosity.
新的办公大楼真是丑得可怕。 - That monstrosity they call a shopping mall!
那个他们称之为购物中心的巨大而丑陋的建筑。 - As that monstrosity of venal lust is no longer possible, it is no longer needed.
以金钱去购买淫欲的丑事既然不可能再存在下去，那么也就不再有需要了。