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BNC: 21156 COCA: 26230

invidious

adjective
/ɪnˈvɪdiəs/
/ɪnˈvɪdiəs/
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  1. unpleasant and unfair; likely to offend somebody or make them jealous 討厭而不公正的；易引起反感的；招人嫉妒的
    • We were in the invidious position of having to choose whether to break the law or risk lives.我們處於左右爲難的窘境，不知是要違法還是要拿生命冒險。
    • It would be invidious to single out any one person to thank.單獨感謝任何一個人都易引起反感。
    • Union leaders called the new rules ‘invidious and divisive’.工會領導人稱新規定“令人反感和分裂”。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryInvidious is used with these nouns:
    • position
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin invidiosus, from invidia, from invidere ‘regard maliciously, grudge’, from in- ‘into’ + videre ‘to see’.
BNC: 21156 COCA: 26230
BNC: 21156 COCA: 26230
BNC: 21156 COCA: 26230
invidious
Causing problems and disagreement: difficult, bad, embarrassing...

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