| 释义 |
invidiousness|ɪnˈvɪdɪəsnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being invidious; unpopularity, odium; offensiveness of discrimination.
1690South Serm. (1737) II. vii. 243 Pythagoras was the first who abated of the invidiousness of the name, and from σοϕὸς, brought it down to ϕιλόσοϕος. 1775Johnson Journ. West. Isl., Ulinish, The offence has not the invidiousness of singularity. 1881W. H. Smith in Daily Tel. 19 Mar., If there had been a larger list to select from there would not have been that painful feeling of invidiousness. |