If you describe something or someone as undesirable, you think they will have harmful effects.
例句
Inflation is considered to be undesirable because of its adverse effects on income distribution...通貨膨脹被認(rèn)為是有害的,因?yàn)樗鼤?huì)對(duì)收入分配產(chǎn)生不利影響。A large group of undesirable strangers crashed her party.一大群不受歡迎的陌生人不請(qǐng)自來,攪了她的聚會(huì)。
N-COUNT
不受歡迎的人;不良分子;危險(xiǎn)人物
Undesirables are people who a particular government considers to be dangerous or a threat to society, and therefore wants to get rid of.
例句
The Home Office is usually quick to deport undesirables.內(nèi)政部通常會(huì)迅速地將不受歡迎人士驅(qū)逐出境。
英漢詞典釋義
adj.
不受大家歡迎的;討厭的
I tried to avoid the back room where the undesirable elements were gathered.我盡力避開后屋, 那里聚集了討厭的人。
n.
不受歡迎的人;不良分子
There are guards at the door to keep out the undesirables.門口有衛(wèi)兵防止不良分子入內(nèi)。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. one whose presence is undesirable;
"rounding up vagrants and drunks and other undesirables"
Adjective
1. not desirable;
"undesirable impurities in steel""legislation excluding undesirable aliens"
2. not worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse)