unpalatable

英 [ʌnˈpælətəbl]

美 [ʌnˈpælətəbl]

adj.  令人不快的; 难以接受的; 难吃的; 不可口的

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BNC.18541 / COCA.23003

牛津词典

adj.

• 令人不快的；难以接受的
  unpleasant and not easy to accept
  1. Only then did I learn the unpalatable truth.
     直到那时我才得知令人难以接受的真相。
• 难吃的；不可口的
  not pleasant to taste
  1. unpalatable food
     难吃的食物

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （意见等）令人不快的，难以接受的
  If you describe an idea asunpalatable, you mean that you find it unpleasant and difficult to accept.
  1. It is an unpalatable fact that rape makes a good news story...
     强奸事件成了新闻报道的好素材，真是令人难以接受。
  2. It was only then that I began to learn the unpalatable truth about John.
     直到那时我才开始了解到有关约翰的一些令人难以接受的实情。
• ADJ-GRADED 难吃的；不可口的
  If you describe food asunpalatable, you mean that it is so unpleasant that you can hardly eat it.
  1. ...a lump of dry, unpalatable cheese.
     一块干巴巴、难以入口的奶酪

英英释义

adj

• not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind
  1. an unpalatable meal
  2. unpalatable truths
  3. unpalatable behavior

双语例句

• That would be unpalatable unless there were a stronger welfare system and retraining subsidies.
  除非拥有更加强健的福利体系与再培训补贴措施，否则此举带来的后果并不可口；
• It is an unpalatable fact that rape makes a good news story
  强奸事件成了新闻报道的好素材，真是令人难以接受。
• Beijing's air quality has been unpalatable to some athletes.
  北京的空气质量对一些运动员来说是个困扰。
• That is a harsh truth that many historians still find unpalatable.
  这是一个残酷的事实，许多历史学家依然觉得难以接受。
• It was only then that I began to learn the unpalatable truth about John.
  直到那时我才开始了解到有关约翰的一些令人难以接受的实情。
• That leaves two unpalatable options, both bad for stocks.
  这样一来就剩下两个令人头疼的选择，它们都对股票不利。
• After all, the unpalatable truth is that if this latest salvo does not calm the panic, then Paulson simply does not have many more bazookas left in his arsenal.
  毕竟，令人不快的事实是，如果最新的这轮轰炸不能平息恐慌，保尔森的弹药库里也没有多少火箭炮了。
• Yet stopping lending to Greece and precipitating a default now is also deeply unpalatable.
  但现在，停止向希腊提供贷款、加速它的违约也很难得到人们的认同。
• Abuses can run in both directions: good rules may be killed because of politically unpalatable job losses.
  这种随意也可能走向另一个极端：由于政治上对失业问题的考量（如政绩）会造成好的规章胎死腹中。
• The suggestion put forward below, no doubt unpalatable to many, comes from a conversation I had with one of the most far-sighted City thinkers, who is keen ( like many bankers) to preserve the reputation of London as a financial centre.
  下面列出的建议无疑会让很多人不悦，它来自我与伦敦金融城（City）最有远见的思想家之一的对话，他希望（与很多银行家一样）维护伦敦作为一个金融中心的声誉。