Old English unhalig, "impious, profane, wicked," from un- (1) "not" + halig (see holy). Similar formation in Middle Dutch onheilich, Old Norse uheilagr, Danish unhellig, Swedish ohelig. In reference to actions, it is attested from late 14c. Colloquial sense of "awful, dreadful" is recorded from 1842.
雙語例句
1. The economy is still an unholy mess.
經濟依然是一團糟。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He screamed unholy things at me.
他沖我高聲咒罵。
來自柯林斯例句
3. an unholy alliance between the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry
醫療界與醫藥業的不當聯盟
來自《權威詞典》
4. She protested that it wasn't traditional jazz at all, but an unholy row.
她抗議說那根本不是傳統爵士樂，而是令人憎惡的噪音。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Westerners charged that the party was run by an unholy coalition between North and South.