V2EX unpalatable

Unpalatable

发音 Pronunciation

/npltbl/

释义 Definition

形容词,指食物难以下咽、味道令人不快的;也常用于比喻,表示(事实、想法等)令人难以接受的、不愉快的。

例句 Examples

The medicine was so unpalatable that the child refused to swallow it.
这药太难吃了,孩子拒绝把它咽下去。

He had to face the unpalatable truth that his business was failing and there was no way to save it.
他不得不面对一个令人难以接受的事实他的生意正在走向失败,而且无力回天。

词源 Etymology

由前缀 un-(表示否定)加上 palatable 构成。palatable 源自拉丁语 palatum,意为"上颚、味觉",后来在英语中引申为"可口的、合意的"。加上否定前缀后,unpalatable 便表示"不可口的"或"难以接受的"。该词最早出现于17世纪。

关联词 Related Words

文学作品引用 Literary References

  • 查尔斯狄更斯在《雾都孤儿》(Oliver Twist)中多次描写济贫院中难以下咽的食物,使用了类似 unpalatable 的表达来刻画孤儿们的悲惨生活。
  • 乔治奥威尔在《通往威根码头之路》(The Road to Wigan Pier)中用 unpalatable 形容工人阶级不得不面对的残酷现实与恶劣的生存条件。
  • 阿尔道斯赫胥黎在《美丽新世界》(Brave New World)中也使用该词来描述那些被社会体制压制的令人不快的真相。
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