ghoulish

英 [ˈɡuːlɪʃ]

美 [ˈɡuːlɪʃ]

adj.  病态的; 以他人痛苦为乐的; 痴迷死亡(或死尸)的; 食尸鬼似的

BNC.24222 / COCA.23706

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 以他人的痛苦为乐的；对死亡（或死人）感兴趣的
  Ghoulishpeople and things show an unnatural interest in things such as human suffering, death, or dead bodies.
  1. They are there only to satisfy their ghoulish curiosity.
     他们去那里纯粹是为了满足其病态的好奇心。
  2. ...the ghoulish modern passion for torture.
     当代人对酷刑变态的狂热兴致
• ADJ-GRADED 食尸鬼似的
  Something that isghoulishlooks or behaves like a ghoul.
  1. ...the ghoulish apparitions at the window.
     在窗户边游荡的食尸鬼的幻影

英英释义

adj

• suggesting the horror of death and decay
  1. morbid details
  Synonym:morbid

双语例句

• Chinese and other Asian investors are catching up with a slightly ghoulish trend pioneered in celebrity-obsessed America-collecting clothes and other articles worn once upon a time by pop icons, living and dead.
  中国及亚洲其它地区的投资者正在追逐一股略带鬼气的潮流：收藏在世及已故流行偶像穿戴过的衣物及其它用品。这股潮流起源于有着崇拜名人风气的美国。
• And I like her too ill to attempt it,'said he,` except in a very ghoulish fashion.
  “我是太不喜欢她了，因此不打算这样作，”他说，“除非用一种非常残酷的方式。
• Passenger Jane Allen, whose great-uncle died on his honeymoon trip on the Titanic while her great-aunt survived, said she did not think it was ghoulish or macabre to go on the voyage.
  乘客简-艾伦的伯祖父在泰坦尼克号上遇难，当时他正度蜜月，简的伯祖母幸存了下来。简说，她不觉得这次纪念之旅令人毛骨悚然或者非常可怕。
• The risks are compounded by the renewed danger of deflation, a ghoulish presence for a decade that, thanks to sliding commodity prices, could come back to haunt Japan.
  通货紧缩的危险重现又加重了风险。通货紧缩在日本存在了10年，如今，由于大宗商品价格不断下跌，这一可怕的状况可能会再度出现在日本。
• His ghoulish moves in the video have been imitated by dancers all over the world.
  他在录像带中表演的魔鬼舞被全世界的舞者所效仿。
• This idea may stem from ghoulish novels.
  这个认识可能来自恐怖小说。
• These are just some of the ghoulish drivers who were caught on camera slowing down to take pictures of a lorry crash in which a young woman was fighting for her life.
  在面对一辆出事的卡车和一名挣扎求生的女性，却有这样一些残忍的司机被拍到选择减慢车速拍照。
• They are there only to satisfy their ghoulish curiosity.
  他们去那里纯粹是为了满足其病态的好奇心。
• Throughout the film Mr Powell repeatedly raises doubts about the invasion of Iraq& and is repeatedly overruled by the ghoulish trio of Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and Karl Rove.
  整个影片中，鲍威尔对入侵伊拉克屡次提出质疑&与此同时他也不断受到来自切尼，拉姆斯菲尔德和卡尔•罗夫一唱一和地排斥。
• Ms Murray visits some particularly ghoulish mummies, dressed but withered, in the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo.
  莫瑞女士在巴勒摩的嘉布遣会地下墓穴中参观了一些特别令人毛骨悚然的华丽而干枯的干尸。