庸俗

yōng sú

HSK 7–9

Meaning

庸俗指平庸粗俗，不高尚，缺乏高雅趣味或文化素养。

Vulgar, philistine, or lowbrow; lacking in taste, refinement, or intellectual depth.

常用于形容人的品味、行为、言论或艺术作品缺乏格调，倾向于迎合低级趣味。

Often used to describe someone's taste, behavior, speech, or artistic works as lacking class and pandering to base interests.

1 他的幽默很庸俗，总开低级的玩笑。 (His humor is very vulgar; he always makes lowbrow jokes.)
2 这种庸俗的装饰风格让人感觉很不舒服。 (This kind of tacky decoration style makes people feel uncomfortable.)
3 她拒绝拍摄庸俗的商业广告，坚持艺术底线。 (She refused to shoot vulgar commercial ads, sticking to her artistic principles.)
4 那些庸俗的网红内容虽然流行，但缺乏真正的价值。 (Those vulgar influencer contents, though popular, lack real value.)
5 他把高雅的古典音乐改编成了庸俗的流行曲调。 (He adapted elegant classical music into vulgar pop tunes.)

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