grubby
柯林斯词典
1. ADJ A grubby person or object is rather dirty. 肮脏的
His white coat was grubby and stained. 他的白外套又脏又有污迹。
2. ADJ If you call an activity or someone's behaviour grubby, you mean that it is not completely honest or respectable. 卑鄙的[表不满]
...the grubby business of politics. …政治的卑鄙勾当。
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grubby /ˈɡrʌbɪ/ (grubbier,grubbiest)
剑桥词典
- informal
dirty
(同 dirty)
He was wearing some old shorts and a grubby T-shirt . 他穿着一条破旧的短裤和一件脏兮兮的T恤衫。
Don't wipe your grubby hands on my clean towel ! 别拿我的干净毛巾擦你那脏手!
disapproving
If you describe an activity or someone's behaviour as grubby, you do not think that it is honest , fair , or acceptable .
卑鄙的,可鄙的
She sees the business of making money as just grubby opportunism . 在她眼中,赚钱的生意只不过是可鄙的投机行为而已。
He doesn't want this story to get into the grubby hands of the tabloid press (= to be obtained by newspapers that are not honest and fair ). 他不想让这件事情登到那些卑鄙下流的小报上去。 返回 grubby