invidious

英 [ɪnˈvɪdiəs]

美 [ɪnˈvɪdiəs]

adj.  讨厌而不公正的; 易引起反感的; 招人嫉妒的

GRETEM8

BNC.21156 / COCA.26230

牛津词典

adj.

• 讨厌而不公正的；易引起反感的；招人嫉妒的
  unpleasant and unfair; likely to offend sb or make them jealous
  1. We were in the invidious position of having to choose whether to break the law or risk lives.
     我们处于左右为难的窘境，不知是要违法还是要拿生命冒险。
  2. It would be invidious to single out any one person to thank.
     单独感谢任何一个人都易引起反感。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (任务、工作)招致不满的，引起反感的
  If you describe a task or job asinvidious, you mean that it is unpleasant because it is likely to make you unpopular.
  1. The local authority could find itself in the invidious position of having to refuse.
     当局可能会发现自己处于必须要拒绝但又会因此而不得人心的境地。
• ADJ (比较、选择)不公平的，难以决定的
  Aninvidiouscomparison or choice between two things is an unfair one because the two things are very different or are equally good or bad.
  1. Police officers fear invidious comparisons...
     警官担心会进行不公正的比较。
  2. It is invidious to make a selection.
     不相上下，很难选择。

英英释义

adj

• containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
  1. discriminatory attitudes and practices
  2. invidious comparisons
  Synonym:discriminatory

双语例句

• It is invidious to make a selection.
  不相上下，很难选择。
• It seemed to tell also that his success had not been exclussive and invidious.
  似乎也在表示，他不是一帆风顺的，他的成功不应招致嫉妒。
• You know, leave my native place* and then encountered invidious thing
  要知道，离开了我的家乡并且然后遇上一些令人愤怒的事情
• Wise teachers avoid invidious rules against the students.
  聪明的老师避免令学生厌恶的规定。
• An invidious comparison, distinction, argument, etc.
  招人反感的对比、区分、论证等。
• It is invidious profiteering those hospitals.
  那些医院简直就是惟利是图。
• Either the change in the quality of the air from heavy to light, or the sense of being amid new scenes where there were no invidious eyes upon her, sent up her spirits wonderfully.
  也许是空气的性质从沉闷到轻松的变化，也许是她觉得已经到了没有人用恶意的眼光看待她的新地方，于是她的精神奇妙地振作起来。
• Mario Draghi, the incoming Italian president of the bank, would find himself in the invidious position of being compelled to save his own country in the teeth of complaints from the German public over the debauching of their central bank.
  即将上任的欧洲央行行长、意大利人马里奥德拉吉（mariodraghi）会发现自己处在一种很容易挨骂的境地，他不得不顶着德国公众抨击他令欧洲央行失去原则的骂声，努力拯救自己的祖国。
• Many may think it is invidious for me to comment on my own compensation, but I wanted to add to the debate on CEO compensation.
  许多人或许认为，如果我对自己的薪酬发表看法，这将会引火烧身，但我想谈一谈有关ceo薪酬的话题。
• But doing so would put regulators in an invidious position.
  但这样做会让监管机构招致不满。