英 /ˈrɒtn/,美 /ˈrɑːtn/
腐烂的;腐朽的:指因腐烂而变质的状态。
例句:The wood was so rotten that you could put your finger through it.(这木料腐朽了,你可以用手指戳穿它。)
搭配:rotten food(发霉的食物)、rotten fruit(腐烂的水果)
恶臭的:因腐烂而产生难闻气味。
例句:This place has an odious smell; something must be rotten.(这个地方有一股臭味,一定有东西腐烂了。)
堕落的;腐败的:指道德或社会风气败坏。
例句:They are contaminating the minds of our young people with these rotten ideas.(他们正用这些腐朽的思想污染着我们青年人的头脑。)
搭配:rotten system(腐朽的制度)、rotten concept(腐朽的观念)
<口>极坏的;糟糕的:用于口语中表示质量差或令人不满意。
例句:What rotten weather!(多么恶劣的天气!)
例句:It's a rotten play, so they can stick it.(这部剧糟透了,他们趁早拉倒吧。)
非常;极其:表示程度很深。
例句:The child is spoiled rotten.(这个小孩被宠坏了。)
rotten apple [美俚]坏家伙;害群之马
例句:He's a rotten apple.(他是一个讨厌的家伙。)
例句:Police corruption is not just a few rotten apples.(警方的腐败不仅仅是几个害群之马造成的。)
rotten to the core 烂透了;腐败透顶
例句:This rotten document should be rewritten quickly.(这部糟糕的宪法应迅速改写。)
feel rotten 觉得不舒服;感到不痛快
例句:I feel rotten today after eating that spoiled food.(吃了变质的食物后,我今天感觉很不舒服。)
Rotten Tomatoes 烂番茄(知名电影评分网站)
例句:Warner brothers is acquiring flixster and Rotten Tomatoes.(华纳兄弟电影公司正在收购flixster和Rotten Tomatoes网站。)
副词:rottenly
比较级:rottener
最高级:rottenest
名词:rottenness
corrupt, decayed, icky, crummy, lousy
good, honest, well
One smell of the rotten meat was enough!(这腐烂的肉闻一下就够受的了。)
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