vulgar: [14] Latin vulgus, a word of uncertain origin, denoted the ‘common people’. From it was derived the adjective vulgāris, from which English gets vulgar. The Vulgate [17], a version of the Bible translated into Latin in the 4th century, was so called because it made the text available to the ‘common people’. Divulge comes from the same source, and means etymologically ‘make known to the common people’. => divulge
vulgar (adj.)
late 14c., "common, ordinary," from Latin vulgaris, volgaris "of or pertaining to the common people, common, vulgar, low, mean," from vulgus "the common people, multitude, crowd, throng," perhaps from a PIE root *wel- "to crowd, throng" (cognates: Sanskrit vargah "division, group," Greek eilein "to press, throng," Middle Breton gwal'ch "abundance," Welsh gwala "sufficiency, enough") [not in Watkins]. Meaning "coarse, low, ill-bred" is first recorded 1640s, probably from earlier use (with reference to people) with meaning "belonging to the ordinary class" (1530). Related: Vulgarly.
实用例句
1. Horse-racing was once considered vulgar and lower class in Japan.
赛马在日本曾一度被视为是粗俗的下层社会游戏。
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2. The film is tasteless, vulgar and even badly shot.
这部电影毫无品位、庸俗不堪，甚至可以说拍得很烂。
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3. Certain words are vulgar and not acceptable in polite society.
有些字眼较粗俗，不为上流社会所接受。
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4. His campaign has been unrestrained and often vulgar.
