lousy
英 ['laʊzi] 美 ['laʊzi]
adj.多虱的；可鄙的；差劲的 adj.【口】大量的（通常指不好的事物）
◉词源
“lousy”源自中古英语“lousi”，由“louse”（虱子）加形容词后缀“-y”构成，字面意为“长满虱子的”。14世纪进入英语，最初指“肮脏的”或“低劣的”，后引申为俚语，形容“糟糕的、令人讨厌的”，常用于口语表达不满。
◉外刊例句
① 《The New York Times》 (2025年6月12日)
The service at the restaurant was lousy.
这家餐厅的服务很糟糕。
② 《The Guardian》 (2024年11月20日)
He felt lousy after the long flight.
长途飞行后他感觉很糟糕。
◉经典名著
① 《了不起的盖茨比》（The Great Gatsby） by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925)
I had a lousy time at the party.
我在派对上过得很糟糕。
② 《麦田里的守望者》（The Catcher in the Rye） by J.D. Salinger (1951)
It was a lousy day, all crumby and sad.
那天糟透了，充满破烂和悲伤。
◉Usage Examples
(1) You lousy cheat!
(2) I've never seen such lousy things before.
(3) The lousy food upsets my stomach.
(4) The city is lousy with perverts.
(5) In August the place is lousy with tourists.
(1) 你是个卑鄙的骗子。
(2) 我从来也没有见过这样卑鄙下流的事。
(3) 这糟糕的饭菜使我肠胃不适。
(4) 这座城市里有很多干歪门邪道的人。
(5) 八月里这地方游客多如牛毛。
◉Usage Notes
Lousy things are terrible. The lousy things in life are the ones you complain about: your lousy job, the lousy weather, and the lousy pizza you had for lunch.
The slang word lousy is the perfect way to describe something particularly awful or rotten. When you're sick, you feel lousy, and when someone is mean or rude, they treat you in a lousy way. The original, literal meaning of lousy is "infested with lice," those creepy crawly parasites that hang out on people's scalps. It was once common to say a place was "lousy with" something (like tourists or poodles) to mean "swarming with" them.
◉柯林斯词典
1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]很差的；糟糕的；恶劣的 If you describe something as lousy, you mean that it is of very bad quality or that you do not like it. [INFORMAL 非正式]
He blamed Fiona for a lousy weekend...
他责怪菲奥娜让他过了一个糟糕的周末。
At Billy's Cafe, the menu is limited and the food is lousy...
比利咖啡馆的菜品选择有限，食物也很差。
It's lousy to be the new kid.
作为新人的滋味总是不大好受。
2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]蹩脚的；不擅长的；不中用的 If you describe someone as lousy, you mean that they are very bad at something they do. [oft ADJ at n] [INFORMAL 非正式]
I was a lousy secretary...
我是个不称职的秘书。
There can be no argument about how lousy he is at public relations.
毋庸置疑，他在公关方面很是差劲。
3[ADJ 形容词]微薄的；些微的；可怜的 If you describe the number or amount of something as lousy, you mean it is smaller than you think it should be. [INFORMAL 非正式]
The pay is lousy.
工资很低。
4[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]很难受的；非常不舒服的 If you feel lousy, you feel very ill. [feel/look ADJ] [INFORMAL 非正式]
I wasn't actually sick but I felt lousy.
我倒没生病，只是觉得很不舒服。