ghoulish

英 [ˈɡuːlɪʃ]

美 [ˈɡuːlɪʃ]

adj.  病态的; 以他人痛苦为乐的; 痴迷死亡(或死尸)的; 食尸鬼似的

BNC.24222 / COCA.23706

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 以他人的痛苦为乐的；对死亡（或死人）感兴趣的
  Ghoulishpeople and things show an unnatural interest in things such as human suffering, death, or dead bodies.
  1. They are there only to satisfy their ghoulish curiosity.
     他们去那里纯粹是为了满足其病态的好奇心。
  2. ...the ghoulish modern passion for torture.
     当代人对酷刑变态的狂热兴致
• ADJ-GRADED 食尸鬼似的
  Something that isghoulishlooks or behaves like a ghoul.
  1. ...the ghoulish apparitions at the window.
     在窗户边游荡的食尸鬼的幻影

英英释义

adj

• suggesting the horror of death and decay
  1. morbid details
  Synonym:morbid

双语例句

• As ghoulish as the research may sound, experts said that it could lead to treatments for disorders like Alzheimer's disease and heart disease.
  相关研究听上去可能令人毛骨悚然，专家却表示，这可能会有助于阿尔茨海默氏征和心脏病的治疗。
• Incessant plastic surgery and blanched skin gave him a bizarre, ghoulish look.
  一次次的整形手术，以及漂白过的皮肤，让他看上去像食尸鬼般可怖和怪异。
• Throughout the film Mr Powell repeatedly raises doubts about the invasion of Iraq& and is repeatedly overruled by the ghoulish trio of Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and Karl Rove.
  整个影片中，鲍威尔对入侵伊拉克屡次提出质疑&与此同时他也不断受到来自切尼，拉姆斯菲尔德和卡尔•罗夫一唱一和地排斥。
• With it he destroys the demon Dreadlord leader before the cursed blade corrupts him, transforming him into a ghoulish Death Knight ( the Lich King) and enemy of his former people.
  借助它的力量，阿尔萨斯摧毁了恐惧领主。然而阿尔萨斯很快被这诅咒的利刃腐化，成为了一名凶残的死亡骑士（巫妖王），成为了他子民们的死敌。
• Chinese and other Asian investors are catching up with a slightly ghoulish trend pioneered in celebrity-obsessed America-collecting clothes and other articles worn once upon a time by pop icons, living and dead.
  中国及亚洲其它地区的投资者正在追逐一股略带鬼气的潮流：收藏在世及已故流行偶像穿戴过的衣物及其它用品。这股潮流起源于有着崇拜名人风气的美国。
• They are there only to satisfy their ghoulish curiosity.
  他们去那里纯粹是为了满足其病态的好奇心。
• A bit ghoulish, I know, but necessary to stage your coming out.
  有一点残忍，我知道，但这是你复出的必要准备。
• She smiled a ghoulish smile, her front teeth missing.
  她的微笑很可怖，因为她的门牙没了。
• Their ghoulish desire for grisly details.
  他们想了解恐怖细节的残忍愿望。
• The risks are compounded by the renewed danger of deflation, a ghoulish presence for a decade that, thanks to sliding commodity prices, could come back to haunt Japan.
  通货紧缩的危险重现又加重了风险。通货紧缩在日本存在了10年，如今，由于大宗商品价格不断下跌，这一可怕的状况可能会再度出现在日本。