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源自拉丁语 'crassus'(意为厚、粗、钝),16世纪通过法语进入英语,原指物理上的厚重,后引申为比喻意义上的愚钝粗鄙。
❶ 形容人或行为极其粗鲁、愚蠢或缺乏教养,通常指对他人感受或社会礼仪完全无知的冒犯性表现。
“His crass comments about her appearance offended everyone at the party.”
(他对她外貌的粗俗评论惹恼了派对上的所有人。)
“It was crass of him to joke about the accident while people were still grieving.”
(在人们仍在悲痛时拿事故开玩笑,他实在太没教养。)
crass stupidity — 形容极其明显且令人难以忍受的愚蠢,通常带有轻蔑或愤怒的语气。
“The decision to cut down the ancient trees was an act of crass stupidity.”
(砍伐古树的决定是一种极其愚蠢的行为。)