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词汇 unpalatable
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Definition of unpalatable in English:

unpalatable

adjective ʌnˈpalətəb(ə)lˌənˈpælədəb(ə)l
  • 1Not pleasant to taste.

    不可口的

    scraps of unpalatable food
    Example sentencesExamples
    • For those who find its bitter taste unpalatable, having it with half a spoon of honey should help.
    • It is unpalatable to livestock because of its bitter taste so ranchers consider it to be a noxious weed.
    • In its simplest form it is quick to produce, but almost unpalatable to modern tastes!
    • During the first trial, we waited until the bird ate both items to make sure that each bird at least tasted an unpalatable prey item.
    • Often it will have a sour, smelly, unpalatable fermentation.
    • Taste for those who ate Djebo's sauce was about ingesting an unpalatable food and the social meanings or consequences that this act involved.
    • Boredom, cold water and unpalatable food are just some of the hardships facing Paul Cleasby, who has now been in Antalya jail for approaching three weeks.
    • The walnut pave is more moist than many walnut breads and free from that bitter, slightly mouldy taste that can make walnuts unpalatable.
    • Where this turn of the story tastes unpalatable is the assumption that politicians win only by using muscle power.
    • Need a good drink recipe, or a vile and unpalatable one?
    • However, if you find the taste so unpalatable that you don't drink it, then you need to do something to make it more drinkable.
    • If tasted at room temperature, the flavour is quite unpalatable.
    • The fat intake is so low in his diet that many find the food choices inflexible and unpalatable.
    • True to his words and to my amazement, he has selected some of the ones I thought were unpalatable to the taste of the Chinese authorities.
    • Whereas previously it was rather unpalatable on its own, it has improved greatly in flavour and is now versatile enough to be used in cooking.
    Synonyms
    unappetizing, uninviting, unappealing, unsavoury, off-putting, inedible, uneatable
    bitter, sour, rancid
    disgusting, revolting, nauseating, sickening, horrible, tasteless, flavourless, bland, insipid
    informal yucky, sick-making, gross
    1. 1.1 Difficult to put up with or accept.
      无法接受的;使人不快的
      the unpalatable fact that many of the world's people are starving

      世界上仍有许多人挨饿这一叫人无法接受的事实。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Limits are also imposed because the public finds a technology unpalatable: nuclear power and GM food are good examples.
      • It was a report that challenged conventional views on Zimbabwe, an unpalatable story that raises difficult questions people don't want to hear.
      • How unfortunate that that the wooden tomatoes and overly bitter arugula are unpalatable.
      • What makes this practice unpalatable is the fact that the paper in question determines the future of the majority of our pupils.
      • And sometimes you have to choose between a range of difficult, even unpalatable, alternatives.
      • The unpalatable fact is that most young ladies are simply not interested in sport, or certainly not in the boys' numbers.
      • What was once thought difficult and unpalatable will sooner or later be absorbed into the mainstream.
      • While it understandably upsets Western sensibilities, the unpalatable truth is that it has been successful in cutting the number of suicide bombers, and it is here to say.
      • In fact, the unpalatable truth is that our ocker mates are pretty damned good at everything they do.
      • Democracy requires that the results of a properly certified vote be accepted, no matter how unpalatable the outcome.
      • All this adds up to a nasty sense of being mired in a completely unpalatable situation.
      • Dundee United gorged themselves on a rich performance at Ibrox, but it was an afternoon which became bitterly unpalatable to Rangers.
      • But the unpalatable fact is that we do live in a different world and we have to take appropriate steps.
      • This is a very difficult pill for families to swallow, but in this as in many other such cases, we will have to accept a very unpalatable fact: peace does not come easy.
      • And, unpalatable - or even downright outrageous - though it may seem, we will, eventually, have to start listening.
      • Nor do we taint John Le Carre's understated brilliance with the unpalatable thought that Jeffrey Archer is forever trying helplessly to write in roughly the same genre.
      • It's an African continent too deeply locked into a historical discourse with the west to see past the rhetoric and face the unpalatable hard bitter truth.
      • Surely the world is filled with unpalatable ideas which we are none the less forced to accept.
      • This is horrible and unpalatable stuff, which makes uncomfortable and unsettling reading.
      Synonyms
      disagreeable, unpleasant, displeasing, unattractive, regrettable, unwelcome, upsetting, distressing, lamentable, repugnant, nasty, horrible, dreadful, hateful, distasteful, offensive, objectionable, obnoxious, repulsive, repellent, vile, foul

Derivatives

  • unpalatability

  • nounʌnpalətəˈbɪlɪti
    • The unpalatability of a proposition, however, has no bearing on its truth.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Despite their unpalatability, most of Gorbachev's proposals were included in the final resolution and a day later, in a move unprecedented in the USSR, Gorbachev's final address to the plenum was televised.
      • Most children were revulsed by the practice because of the unpalatability of the fishy tasting oil, and doubtless extracted a variety of rewards for compliance.
      • This manipulation severely diminished the possibility that the unpalatability of the moths affected birds' reactions to them.
      • Many unpalatable prey animals signal their unpalatability to predators with conspicuous coloration - a phenomenon known as ‘aposematism’.
  • unpalatably

  • adverb
    • And the filmmakers' willingness to provide love and money in a tidy package is why this film's sweetness ultimately and unpalatably overwhelms its bitterness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • From Dr. Johnson to Winston Churchill, it is the idiosyncratic individual who stirs their imagination, not some unpalatably abstract truth.
      • One is undeniably sweet, the other unpalatably bitter.
      • This time, however, despite taking an age to arrive, it was unpalatably lukewarm, while the edges of the brioche were charred black.
      • Gil always manages to go that one step further, sometimes becoming unpalatably personal.
  • unpalatableness

  • noun

Definition of unpalatable in US English:

unpalatable

adjectiveˌənˈpælədəb(ə)lˌənˈpalədəb(ə)l
  • 1Not pleasant to taste.

    不可口的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If tasted at room temperature, the flavour is quite unpalatable.
    • True to his words and to my amazement, he has selected some of the ones I thought were unpalatable to the taste of the Chinese authorities.
    • Whereas previously it was rather unpalatable on its own, it has improved greatly in flavour and is now versatile enough to be used in cooking.
    • Boredom, cold water and unpalatable food are just some of the hardships facing Paul Cleasby, who has now been in Antalya jail for approaching three weeks.
    • However, if you find the taste so unpalatable that you don't drink it, then you need to do something to make it more drinkable.
    • Need a good drink recipe, or a vile and unpalatable one?
    • Often it will have a sour, smelly, unpalatable fermentation.
    • The fat intake is so low in his diet that many find the food choices inflexible and unpalatable.
    • During the first trial, we waited until the bird ate both items to make sure that each bird at least tasted an unpalatable prey item.
    • In its simplest form it is quick to produce, but almost unpalatable to modern tastes!
    • It is unpalatable to livestock because of its bitter taste so ranchers consider it to be a noxious weed.
    • Where this turn of the story tastes unpalatable is the assumption that politicians win only by using muscle power.
    • Taste for those who ate Djebo's sauce was about ingesting an unpalatable food and the social meanings or consequences that this act involved.
    • For those who find its bitter taste unpalatable, having it with half a spoon of honey should help.
    • The walnut pave is more moist than many walnut breads and free from that bitter, slightly mouldy taste that can make walnuts unpalatable.
    Synonyms
    unappetizing, uninviting, unappealing, unsavoury, off-putting, inedible, uneatable
    1. 1.1 Difficult to tolerate or accept.
      无法接受的;使人不快的
      the unpalatable fact that many of the world's people are starving

      世界上仍有许多人挨饿这一叫人无法接受的事实。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • And sometimes you have to choose between a range of difficult, even unpalatable, alternatives.
      • Democracy requires that the results of a properly certified vote be accepted, no matter how unpalatable the outcome.
      • Limits are also imposed because the public finds a technology unpalatable: nuclear power and GM food are good examples.
      • But the unpalatable fact is that we do live in a different world and we have to take appropriate steps.
      • This is horrible and unpalatable stuff, which makes uncomfortable and unsettling reading.
      • While it understandably upsets Western sensibilities, the unpalatable truth is that it has been successful in cutting the number of suicide bombers, and it is here to say.
      • In fact, the unpalatable truth is that our ocker mates are pretty damned good at everything they do.
      • This is a very difficult pill for families to swallow, but in this as in many other such cases, we will have to accept a very unpalatable fact: peace does not come easy.
      • Dundee United gorged themselves on a rich performance at Ibrox, but it was an afternoon which became bitterly unpalatable to Rangers.
      • It was a report that challenged conventional views on Zimbabwe, an unpalatable story that raises difficult questions people don't want to hear.
      • And, unpalatable - or even downright outrageous - though it may seem, we will, eventually, have to start listening.
      • What was once thought difficult and unpalatable will sooner or later be absorbed into the mainstream.
      • It's an African continent too deeply locked into a historical discourse with the west to see past the rhetoric and face the unpalatable hard bitter truth.
      • The unpalatable fact is that most young ladies are simply not interested in sport, or certainly not in the boys' numbers.
      • What makes this practice unpalatable is the fact that the paper in question determines the future of the majority of our pupils.
      • Surely the world is filled with unpalatable ideas which we are none the less forced to accept.
      • How unfortunate that that the wooden tomatoes and overly bitter arugula are unpalatable.
      • Nor do we taint John Le Carre's understated brilliance with the unpalatable thought that Jeffrey Archer is forever trying helplessly to write in roughly the same genre.
      • All this adds up to a nasty sense of being mired in a completely unpalatable situation.
      Synonyms
      disagreeable, unpleasant, displeasing, unattractive, regrettable, unwelcome, upsetting, distressing, lamentable, repugnant, nasty, horrible, dreadful, hateful, distasteful, offensive, objectionable, obnoxious, repulsive, repellent, vile, foul
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