rude /ruːd/ CET4 TEM4 ( ruder, rudest )

• 1. 

  ADJ When people are rude, they act in an impolite way toward other people or say impolite things about them. 无礼的; 粗鲁的

  例：

  He's rude to her friends and obsessively jealous.

  他对她的朋友粗鲁无礼而且过分嫉妒。

• 2. 

  rudely ADV 无礼地; 粗鲁地

  例：

  I could not understand why she felt compelled to behave so rudely to a friend.

  我不能理解为什么她非要如此粗鲁地对待一位朋友。

• 3. 

  ADJ Rude is used to describe words and behaviour that are likely to embarrass or offend people, because they relate to sex or to body functions. 下流的

  例：

  Fred keeps cracking rude jokes with the guests.

  弗雷德不停地和那些客人开下流的玩笑。

• 4. 

  ADJ If someone receives a rude shock, something unpleasant happens unexpectedly. 令人不快的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  It will come as a rude shock when their salary or income-tax refund cannot be cashed.

  如果他们的薪水或所得税返还不能兑现，那对他们将是一个晴天霹雳。

• 5. 

  rudely ADV 令人不快地 [ADV with v]

  例：

  People were rudely awakened by a siren just outside their window.

  人们被窗外的一声警报惊醒了。

• 6. 

  rude awakening →see awakening