1540s, "state or quality of being unpleasant," from unpleasant + -ness. By 1835 as "a slight quarrel, a minor misunderstanding." The late unpleasantness as a humorously polite Southern description of the American Civil War is attested from 1868.
雙語例句
1. Now then, no unpleasantness, please.
好了，別爭了，好嗎？
來自柯林斯例句
2. I don't mean there to be any unpleasantness.
我無心引起任何不愉快.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
3. There had to be a reason for the unpleasantness some people habitually displayed.
一些人習(xí)慣性地行為粗魯，這一定有其原因。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The gravel cut his feet but this was the only unpleasantness.
沙礫把他的腳硌得生疼.但這是唯一的令人不快之處.
來自辭典例句
5. If we're late , there'll be / it'll mean trouble , ie unpleasantness , perhaps involving punishment.