unsightly

英 [?n'sa?tl?] 美[?n'sa?tli]

反義詞

TEM8低頻詞

比較級:?unsightlier;最高級:?unsightliest;

unsightly (adj.): 1540s, "displeasing to the eye," from un- (1) "not" + sight (n.) + -ly (1). Similar formation in Middle Dutch onsichtlijc "invisible; ugly," Middle High German unsihtlih "invisible." Related: Unsightliness.

Middle English sightlie is attested from mid-15c. but only in the sense "visible;" unsightly is attested in Middle English only as an adverb meaning "invisibly" (late 15c.). Sightly as "pleasing to the eye" is from 1560s. Middle English also had unsighty "difficult or displeasing to look at" (early 15c., from sighty "attractive," late 14c.), also unsightily in the same sense (c. 1400).

1. My mother has had unsightly varicose veins for years.: 我母親多年來一直患有難看的靜脈曲張。

2. The Polish market in Berlin was considered unsightly and shut down.: 柏林市內(nèi)的波蘭市場因?yàn)楸徽J(rèn)為有礙觀瞻而關(guān)閉了。