词汇释义
crass TEM8 GRE
UK /kræs/ US /kræs/
adj, Crass behaviour is stupid and does not show consideration for other people. (行为)愚蠢而无同情心的，不为他人考虑的
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外刊例句
1. Weighing economic costs against human lives will inevitably seem crass.(New York Times)
2. But Chinese viewers who saw the cannoli ad — some overseas and some using special software to circumvent Chinese censors — found it crass and patronizing.(New York Times)
3. “The use of MLK to promote Ram trucks strikes many people are crass and inappropriate.”(Seattle Times)
4. A 120-page FBI affidavit produced in support of the search warrant included transcripts of undercover recordings of Pilot employees discussing the scheme, often in crass terms.(Seattle Times)
5. It’s not about what you personally believe but a crass and quasi-abusive exploitation of the human impulse to reach toward faith and tribal affiliation.(Salon)
6. The opposition Labour Party said in a statement Fox's comments were "offensive and crass" and were symptomatic of the Conservative government's "shambolic approach to Brexit".(Reuters)
7.As such, the Super Bowl is a spectacular projection of American values—crass consumerism, empty nationalism, militarism, cartoonish masculinity and violence.(Salon)
8.People pay attention to what various kinds of talent costs on the job market, and I don’t say that to be crass.(Forbes)
9. This of course appeals to a certain political type, those who wish to complain about crass materialism and all that.(Forbes)
10. And Bigfoot purists themselves aren’t exactly thrilled with this venture, which they see “as the crass commercialization of a serious pursuit.”(Time)
11. So there will be fewer movies greenlighted and more films that are stupid and crass, but not "political."(Los Angeles Times)
12. While he acknowledges that an auction may seem crass, he argues that it beats the current system.(New York Times)
词汇搭配
crass remark,materialism,commercialization,behavior
词汇家族
crassamentum, crassitude, crassness, crassly
词汇来源
1540s, "thick, coarse, gross, not thin or fine," from French crasse (16c.), from Latin crassus "solid, thick, fat; dense," which is of unknown origin.The literal sense always has been rare in English. The meaning in reference to personal qualities, etc., "grossly stupid, obtuse" is recorded from 1650s, from French. Middle English had cras (adj.) "slow, sluggish, tardy" (mid-15c.), also crassitude "thickness."
近义词
insensitive, stupid, blundering, boorish, coarse, gross, witless, mindless, obtuse, dumb, unintelligent, brainless, dim, fatuous, slow, dull, foolish
反义词
brainy, bright, clever, sharp, smart, brilliant, intellectual, alert, genius, gifted, exceptional, nimble, studious, smart sapient
