monstrosity

英 [mɒnˈstrɒsəti]

美 [mɑːnˈstrɑːsəti]

n.  巨大而丑陋之物(尤指建筑)

复数：monstrosities　

医学

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
  1. a concrete monstrosity
     混凝土建成的庞大怪物

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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• something hideous or frightful
  1. they regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity
• a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
  Synonym:freakmonsterlusus naturae

双语例句

• If you can call that monstrosity good.
  如果你是说它有另类的美的话。
• An uplifting gospel tune with a ferocious polemic on the monstrosity of Hollywood culture?
  高亢的福音曲调之后，是对好莱坞文化这个怪兽的激烈驳斥。
• 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。
• So now we have this monstrosity, let's rewrite our original code fragments using it.
  好现在我们有了这个大怪物，让我们用它重写我们开始的代码片段。
• 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！
• They put too heavy a burden on it, so the final product has become an oversized monstrosity capable of doing nothing.
  但他们给它背负了过重的负担，以至于最终产品竟然成了一个排不上用场的怪物。
• The hapless developer of this monstrosity came up with the clever idea of only locking things when they are actually about to be used, but deferring unlocking until the end of a run.
  这个坏程序的开发者起初的想法是好的，即只在真正需要使用之前才锁定这些互斥量，但是他却直到运行结束才解锁。
• However, when combined with the western standard of wide jaw bone and a big smile, it creates a monstrosity that most Chinese man will turn away from.
  然而，结合西方标准的宽下颚骨和大笑脸，便造就了一个中国人看了想吐的怪物。
• Today, it's a bureaucratic monstrosity manned by scores of human resource professionals, ruled by committees and governed by thousands of pages of rules and regulations.
  现在，它成了繁琐拖拉的庞大官僚主义程序，由数十名人力资源专家运作、有委员会进行管理，并有长达数千页的规章制度作出种种限定。
• 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。