off-colour
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌɒfˈkʌl.ər]
- 美式音标 [ˌɑːfˈkʌl.ɚ]
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基本解释
- adj. 脸色不好的，身体不舒服的；颜色不佳的
英汉例句
- Maybe so, but spending less when households are in no shape to pick up the slack seems a sure-fire way to keep an anaemic recovery off-colour.
也许是这么做是对的，但是当家庭们还没有收起怠惰的状态的时刻就消减政府支出似乎是一个使原本就没什么活力的复苏继续萎靡的可靠选择。 - Sackings for admin staff who spend hours of work time on unsuitable websites are well documented, but people also get canned for sending off-colour emails.
职员往往会因为在不当的网站上逗留过长时间而被解雇，同样如果发送黄色email也会遭到解雇。 - You look a bit off-colour today. You'd better take some rest.
你今天看来有点不适，还是休息一下吧。 - But we all rather cringe at his stream of off-colour jokes. (Our Nordic cousins look particularly pained.) And he will flash his money around.
ECONOMIST: Charlemagne - But once an off-colour joke or ill-considered rant has been emailed to a friend or posted online, it can be much harder to get rid of.
ECONOMIST: Tech.view: Everybody does it The
双语例句
权威例句
英英字典
- (ILL) slightly ill
- (SEXUAL) Off-colour remarks or jokes about sex are about sex and are slightly shocking.
- An off-colour joke or remark is rude or offensive.
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专业释义
- 染色走样