dirty

1. ADJ If something is dirty, it is marked or covered with stains, spots, or mud, and needs to be cleaned. 骯臟的

She still did not like the woman who had dirty fingernails. 她仍然不喜歡那個手指甲很臟的女人。

2. ADJ If you describe an action as dirty, you disapprove of it and consider it unfair, immoral, or dishonest. 卑鄙的[表不滿]

The gunman had been hired by a rival Mafia family to do the dirty deed. 該殺手被敵對的黑手黨家族雇來干這件卑鄙的勾當(dāng)。

3. ADV Dirty is also an adverb. 卑鄙地[ADV after v]

Jim Browne is the kind of fellow who can fight dirty, but make you like it. 吉姆·布朗是那種可以卑鄙地和人爭斗，卻又能讓你喜歡他的那種人。

4. ADJ If you describe something such as a joke, a book, or someone's language as dirty, you mean that it refers to sex in a way that some people find offensive. 下流的

He laughed at their dirty jokes and sang their raucous ballads. 他聽了他們的黃色笑話而發(fā)笑，又唱著他們吵鬧的民謠。

5. ADV Dirty is also an adverb. 下流地[ADV after v]

I'm often asked whether the men talk dirty to me. The answer is no. 經(jīng)常有人問我那些男人是否跟我說過下流話，我的回答是沒有。

6. V-T To dirty something means to cause it to become dirty. 把…弄臟

He was afraid the dog's hairs might dirty the seats. 他擔(dān)心狗毛會把座椅弄臟。

7. PHRASE If someone gives you a dirty look, they look at you in a way which shows that they are angry with you. 怒視[非正式]

Jack was being a real pain. Michael gave him a dirty look and walked out. 杰克真是個討厭的人。邁克爾厭惡地看了他一眼，然后走了出去。

8. PHRASE To do someone's dirty work means to do a task for them that is dishonest or unpleasant and which they do not want to do themselves. 替…干卑鄙的勾當(dāng); 為…干難對付的活

As a member of an elite army hit squad, the army would send us out to do their dirty work for them. 身為精銳突擊隊的成員，部隊會派我們?nèi)?zhí)行艱難的任務(wù)。

9. PHRASE If you say that an expression is a dirty word in a particular group of people, you mean it refers to an idea that they strongly dislike or disagree with. 非常難聽的詞; 禁忌字眼

Marketing became a dirty word at the company. “營銷”成了該公司的禁忌字眼。

10. PHRASE If you say that someone airs their dirty laundry in public, you disapprove of their discussing or arguing about unpleasant or private things in front of other people. There are several other forms of this expression, for example wash your dirty linen in public, or wash your dirty laundry in public. 家丑外揚(yáng)[表不滿]

The captain refuses to air the team's dirty laundry in public. 隊長拒絕把球隊的丑事暴露在公眾面前。