形容词,意为"令人恶心的;令人作呕的"。用来描述某事物引起强烈的不适感或厌恶感,既可以指生理上的恶心(如难闻的气味),也可以指心理上的反感(如令人厌恶的行为)。
/ˈnɔː.zi.eɪ.tɪŋ/
The nauseating smell from the garbage made everyone leave the room.
垃圾散发出的令人作呕的气味让所有人都离开了房间。
She found his constant flattery nauseating, as it was clearly insincere and designed only to win her favor.
她觉得他不停的奉承令人反感,因为那显然毫无诚意,只是为了讨好她。
该词源自拉丁语 nausea,意为"晕船、恶心",而 nausea 又来自希腊语 nausia(ναυσία),与 naus(ναῦς,意为"船")有关,最初特指因乘船而引起的不适感。英语中 nauseate 作为动词在17世纪开始使用,意为"使恶心",其现在分词形式 nauseating 逐渐用作形容词,含义也从单纯的生理恶心扩展到了心理上的厌恶。