lousy

ひどい、質の悪い

とても悪い、または質が低い。

やさしい英語で： Very bad or of poor quality.

• The food was lousy.
• I felt lousy after the long journey.
• Why did we choose such a lousy hotel?

類義語： terrible, awful, poor

反対語： great, excellent

よく使う表現： lousy service, lousy weather, feel lousy

たったの、わずかな

量や報酬が期待よりずっと少ないことへの怒りを表す。

やさしい英語で： Used to show anger because an amount or reward is much less than you wanted.

• They paid me one lousy dollar.
• After all that work, I got a lousy badge.
• He gave us five lousy minutes to explain.

類義語： measly, paltry

反対語： generous

よく使う表現： one lousy dollar, a lousy penny, a lousy reward

汚い、不潔な

汚れている、またはひどく散らかっている。

やさしい英語で： Dirty or very untidy.

• He slept in a lousy room.
• We spent the morning cleaning the lousy garage.
• She washed his lousy clothes before packing them.

類義語： filthy, grubby, messy

反対語： clean, tidy

よく使う表現： lousy room, lousy garage, lousy clothes

シラミのついた

体や衣服にシラミがたくさんついている。

やさしい英語で： Having many tiny insects called lice living on the body or in clothing.

• The prisoners arrived lousy and hungry.
• They burned the lousy bedding.
• His lousy hair needed careful treatment.

類義語： lice-infested

よく使う表現： lousy hair, lousy clothing, lousy prisoners