monstrosity

英 [mɒnˈstrɒsəti]

美 [mɑːnˈstrɑːsəti]

n.  巨大而丑陋之物(尤指建筑)

复数：monstrosities　

医学

BNC.19780 / COCA.20121

牛津词典

noun

• 巨大而丑陋之物（尤指建筑）
  something that is very large and very ugly, especially a building
  1. a concrete monstrosity
     混凝土建成的庞大怪物

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 极其丑陋的庞然大物
  If you describe something, especially something large, as amonstrosity, you mean that you think it is extremely ugly.
  1. Most of the older buildings have been torn down and replaced by modern monstrosities.
     大部分旧建筑已被拆除，取而代之的是丑陋的现代建筑物。

英英释义

noun

• something hideous or frightful
  1. they regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity
• a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
  Synonym:freakmonsterlusus naturae

双语例句

• They put too heavy a burden on it, so the final product has become an oversized monstrosity capable of doing nothing.
  但他们给它背负了过重的负担，以至于最终产品竟然成了一个排不上用场的怪物。
• I wash't expecting somewhere called meadow court to be a huge concrete monstrosity.
  我没料到一个名叫草地公寓的地方会是一幢庞大的混凝土怪物。
• The Eiffel Tower was considered a monstrosity when it was first built.
  埃菲尔铁塔初建成时被视为丑陋的庞然大物。
• As that monstrosity of venal lust is no longer possible, it is no longer needed.
  以金钱去购买淫欲的丑事既然不可能再存在下去，那么也就不再有需要了。
• But the actor might have gone for something a little more attractive than the ugly, teal green monstrosity he was zooming around in.
  然而，吸引这位演员的应该不仅仅是他所驾驶的那辆丑陋的蓝绿色怪物！
• Letting you create such a monstrosity.
  你父母送你上学就是叫你画这么个怪物吗？
• Today, it's a bureaucratic monstrosity manned by scores of human resource professionals, ruled by committees and governed by thousands of pages of rules and regulations.
  现在，它成了繁琐拖拉的庞大官僚主义程序，由数十名人力资源专家运作、有委员会进行管理，并有长达数千页的规章制度作出种种限定。
• EXAMPLE: Some people liked the famous architect's unusual new office building, but other people considered it to be a monstrosity.
  有些人喜欢这位著名建筑师设计的奇特的新办公楼，但也有些人认为它是个大怪物。
• The hapless developer of this monstrosity came up with the clever idea of only locking things when they are actually about to be used, but deferring unlocking until the end of a run.
  这个坏程序的开发者起初的想法是好的，即只在真正需要使用之前才锁定这些互斥量，但是他却直到运行结束才解锁。
• Most of the older buildings have been torn down and replaced by modern monstrosities.
  大部分旧建筑已被拆除，取而代之的是丑陋的现代建筑物。