distasteful
adjective uk/dɪsˈteɪst.fəl/ us/dɪsˈteɪst.fəl/
令人反感的
unpleasant and unacceptable
He found the subject of their conversation very distasteful. 他觉得他们谈话的主题非常令人反感。
Some of the ads are particularly distasteful. 有些广告特别令人反感。
味道不佳的,不合口味的
tasting unpleasant
The butterflies use passion flowers (Passiflora) as host plants - a diet that makes caterpillars and adults distasteful to predators. 蝴蝶使用西番莲(玉蕊花)作为寄主植物——吃了这种食物,蝴蝶幼虫和成虫就会让捕食的动物感到厌恶。
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- He spent the next two years involved in work which he found profoundly distasteful.
- Things will be uncovered about a person that may be distasteful to family and friends.
- Some of these things are so distasteful it is hard to believe they could happen.
- Another hypothesis was that the bright colors on a reef represent conspicuous warnings that certain fish have distasteful or toxic flesh.