ubiquitous 无处不在的
If you describe something or someone as ubiquitous, you mean that they seem to be everywhere
unctuous(unguent:油腻的
- If you describe someone as unctuous, you are critical of them because they seem to be full of praise, kindness, or interest, but are obviously insincere.
- If you describe food or drink as unctuous, you mean that it is creamy or oily
greasy:腻
Something that is greasy has grease on it or in it
lubricant:润滑油)
- A lubricant is a substance which you put on the surfaces or parts of something, especially something mechanical, to make the parts move smoothy
- If you refer to something as lubricant in a particular situation, you mean that it helps to make things happen without any problems.
underdog(underline:强调
The underdog is a competition or situation is the person who seems least likely to succeed to win
understate:低估
If you understate something, you describe it in a way that suggests that it is less important or serious than it really is
underscore:下划线
- If something such as an action or an event underscores another, it draws attention to the other thing and emphasizes its importance
- If you underscore something sucha as a word or a sentence, you draw a line underneath it in order to make people notice it or give it extra importance
underrate:低估
If you underrate someone or something, you do not recognize how intelligent, important, or significant they are
underhanded:卑劣的)
- If an action is underhand or if it is done in an underhand way, it is done secretly and dishonestly
- You use underhand or underhaned to describe actions, such as throwing a ball, in which you do not raise your arm above your shoulder
upbraid(reprove:数落
If you upbraid someone, you tell them they have done something wrong and criticize them for doing it
reproach:责备
- If you reproach someone, you say or show that you are disappointed, upset, or angry because they have done something wrong
- If you look as or speak to someone with reproach, you show or say that you are disappointed, upset, or angry because they have done something wrong
- If you reproach yourself, you think with regret about something you have done wrong
reprehend:申斥
to find fault with; criticize
reprimand:谴责
If someone is reprimanded, they are spoken to angrily or seriously for doing something wrong, usually by a person in authority
rebuke:训斥道
If you rebuke someone, you speak severely to them because they have said or done something that you do not approve of
inveigh:猛烈抨击
If you inveigh against something, you criticize it strongly
invective:谩骂的
Invective is rude and unpleasant things that people shout at other people they hate or are angry with
fulminate:爆发性)
If you fulmintate against someone or something, you criticize them angrily
usurp 篡位
If you say that someone usurps a job, role, title, or position, they take it from someone when they have no right to do this
abdicate 退位
- If a king or queen abdicates, he or she gives up being king or queen
- If you say that someone has abdicated responsibility for something, you disapprove of them because they have refused to accept responsibility for it any longer
usury:高利贷)
Usury is the practice of lending money at a high rate of interest
utter(utterly:彻底
- If someone utters sounds or words, they say them
- You use utter to emphasize that something is great in extent, degree, or amount
utterance:话语
- Someone’s utterances are the things that they say
- The bitter end (esp in the phrase to the utterance)
unutterable:难言的
You can use unutterable to emphasize that something, especially a bad quality, is great in degree or intensity
ineffable:不言而喻的)
You use ineffable to say that something is so great or extreme that it cannot be described in words