unedifying

unedifying

1. the unedifying sight of the two party leaders screeching at each other

两党党魁狺狺对吠的讨厌情景

2. And yet the battle for health-care reform has been both close-run and unedifying.

但实际上医改之战只赢在生死线上，而且赢得并不光明正大。

3. But at least the unedifying spectacle of comrades in Christ tearing strips off each other over gay sex will vanish from the headlines for a bit.

但是至少基督教友间在同性恋问题上相互指责的丑行一段时间内应该不会再出现在头条新闻上了。

4. Taiwan is a thriving democracy and big trading partner (almost as important as India or Brazil).The explanation is simple and unedifying: the EU is doing China's bidding.

台湾是个极度民主同时也是个巨大的贸易夥伴(几乎就像印度或巴西一样重要)答案很简单却又难以启齿，欧盟在拍中国的马屁。

5. I must confess that I do not know where the real solution lies,or whether these unedifying character traits,if left uncorrected and in the absence of a strong peer pressure for change,will become too deeply-entrenched to get rid of later.

我得承认，我不知道怎么克服这个问题。如果没有群体压力促使人们改变这些令人厌恶的行为，我也不知道它们会不会因此变得根深蒂固而难以更改。

6. On the unedifying side, numerous fellow Singaporeans have treated their healthcare professionals like pariahs.

我认为病毒的爆发,一方面突显了一些新加坡人的高贵情操,另一方面也暴露了其他人的脆弱。

7. In recent weeks, the local media reported prominently the unedifying spectacles of a Singaporean money changer allegedly cheating hundreds of Chinese workers of their hard-earned savings here.

最近，本地媒体显著的报道了一名新加坡钱币兑换商，被控欺骗数以百计的中国客工辛苦工作存下来的血汗钱的新闻。

8. The explanation is simple and unedifying: the EU is doing China's bidding.

答案很简单，却并不那么光彩[1]：欧盟此举是意在博得中国的“欢心”[2]。

9. To make sense of it, one must look back in history as these unedifying spats, though disturbing to their citizens and investors alike, are not unique to these two neighbours with close links.

要了解这些毫无意义，对两地人民和投资者造成困惑的争执，得从历史经验里寻找线索,这种情形并不是只发生在关系密切的国家之间。

10. On the unedifying side, numerous fellow people have treated their healthcare professional like pariahs.

还有些人在教育别人、帮助穷人或养育子女的同时得到满足感。