When we step too close to something morally unsavoury at a business meeting or a party, we say: "I wanted to take a shower."

开会或聚会时，要是涉及不道德的话题，我们会说：“我想洗个澡。”

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While his roommate shacks up with a local girl and mingles with unsavoury types, Van takes orders, avoids trouble and types letters home to his young wife.

而他的室友与当地的一个女孩同居，整天跟不三不四的人厮混在一起。凡做事循规蹈矩，避免引起麻烦并且常常给在家的年轻妻子写信。

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Two other chefs said the cheeses had a heavy shan wei (muttony odour), an ancient term used by southern Chinese to describe the slightly unsavoury tastes associated with the northern nomads.

另外两名厨师说，奶酪有浓重的膻味（羊肉的臭味）。 膻味是南方的老话，用来形容北方游牧民的食物里那种让人有点讨厌的味道。

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To leave your front door was to risk getting bludgeoned by an ogre, harassed by a dragon or transformed into something rather unsavoury by a witch.

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Now, it seems, there is a risk that the outside world will nonetheless declare the outcome satisfactory and abandon the people of this wretched country to their fate at the hands of a distinctly unsavoury bunch of politicians.

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