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麻烦的,困难的,不幸的

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Untoward \Un*to"ward\, prep. [Unto + -ward.]
   Toward. [Obs.] --Gower.

Untoward \Un*to"ward\, a. [Pref. un- not + toward.]
   1. Froward; perverse. ``Save yourselves from this untoward
      generation.'' --Acts ii. 40.

   2. Awkward; ungraceful. ``Untoward words.'' --Creech.
      ``Untoward manner.'' --Swift.

   3. Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky;
      unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident. --
      {Un*to"ward*ly}, adv. -- {Un*to"ward*ness}, n.

资料来源 : WordNet®

untoward
     adj 1: not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or
            proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent
            haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to
            a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb
            their untoward ribaldry" [syn: {indecent}, {indecorous},
             {unbecoming}, {uncomely}, {unseemly}]
     2: contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse
        circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the
        most untoward conditions" [syn: {adverse}, {harmful}, {inauspicious}]