1540s, "displeasing to the eye," from un- (1) "not" + sight (n.) + -ly (1). Similar formation in Middle Dutch onsichtlijc "invisible; ugly," Middle High German unsihtlih "invisible." Related: Unsightliness.
Middle English sightlie is attested from mid-15c. but only in the sense "visible;" unsightly is attested in Middle English only as an adverb meaning "invisibly" (late 15c.). Sightly as "pleasing to the eye" is from 1560s. Middle English also had unsighty "difficult or displeasing to look at" (early 15c., from sighty "attractive," late 14c.), also unsightily in the same sense (c. 1400).
雙語例句
1. My mother has had unsightly varicose veins for years.
我母親多年來一直患有難看的靜脈曲張。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The Polish market in Berlin was considered unsightly and shut down.
柏林市內的波蘭市場因為被認為有礙觀瞻而關閉了。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The marking on the wall was childish and unsightly.