look bad

基本解釋

The failure to hook the gas network up to other sources, or to build new gas-storage facilities, looks bad.
無(wú)法尋求其他的能源供應(yīng)渠道或是建造新的燃?xì)鈨?chǔ)存設(shè)備是很糟糕的。
But some state media and experts say the move not only looks bad but imposes another layer of control on the already stigmatized, vulnerable migrants.
但是一些國(guó)家的媒體和專家認(rèn)為這種運(yùn)動(dòng)不但看起來(lái)效果很差，而且把另一個(gè)層面的控制強(qiáng)加到本已經(jīng)收到侮辱和傷害的外來(lái)人員身上。
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Don't ever tell her that she looks bad.
永遠(yuǎn)別說(shuō)她看起來(lái)很糟。

The saying that looks like something the cat dragged in describes something in bad condition.
If they're failing they should cut their dividend, but companies are reluctant to do that because it looks bad, so they hold off for a long time, not cutting.
如果效益不好他們應(yīng)該減少紅利,但是公司不愿意這樣做,是因?yàn)檫@樣顯得很糟糕,所以他們一直拖延著不去減少紅利
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So, you're having a good year this year maybe-- it looks that way now-- and you think you can't afford it, but just think how bad it will be if it's a bad year.
也許對(duì)你來(lái)說(shuō),今年年景不錯(cuò),起碼現(xiàn)在看起來(lái)是這樣的,你只是覺得買不起保險(xiǎn),那么一旦歉收,你的處境會(huì)有多糟呢
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If you think this election looks bad, consider the one of 1876—and then worry.
ECONOMIST: Watch yourself at dinner, Dubya