【句子】-- That must have been ugly.

-- It was. 【Desperate Housewives S02E04】

【发音技巧】That must不完全爆破；must have击穿；been ugly连读；

【翻译】-- 那场景肯定很糟糕。

-- 是的，糟糕极了。

ugly 大家平时都知道表示“丑陋的、丑的、难看的”这个意思；

但是它也可以表示unpleasant and threatening or violent，

“令人不愉快的；具有威胁性的；暴力的”；

eg: an ugly incident

一个可怕的事件

eg: He has an ugly disposition.

他脾气很臭/差/暴。

eg: There were ugly scenes outside the stadium.

体育场外发生了一些暴力事件。

eg: There were ugly scenes in the streets last night as rioting continued.

昨晚暴乱持续之际，街上屡见暴力事件。

eg: There were ugly scenes following the game.

比赛之后出现了一些让人不愉快的场景。

eg: The situation turned ugly when one of the police officers was hit by a rock.

当其中一位警官被石头击中的时候，事态开始变得严重。

eg: This policy could have some ugly consequences.

这个政策一出台，可能会有一些人们不愿意见到的场景。

eg: They avoided what could have been an ugly situation.

他们避免了本来有可能会发生的糟糕局面。

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The demonstration turned ugly when a group of protesters started to throw bottles at the police.

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