look bad

基本解释

The failure to hook the gas network up to other sources, or to build new gas-storage facilities, looks bad.
無法尋求其他的能源供應渠道或是建造新的燃氣儲存設備是很糟糕的。
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.
但是一些國家的媒躰和專家認爲這種運動不但看起來傚果很差，而且把另一個層麪的控制強加到本已經收到侮辱和傷害的外來人員身上。
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Don't ever tell her that she looks bad.
永遠別說她看起來很糟。

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.
如果傚益不好他們應該減少紅利,但是公司不願意這樣做,是因爲這樣顯得很糟糕,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.
也許對你來說,今年年景不錯,起碼現在看起來是這樣的,你衹是覺得買不起保險,那麽一旦歉收,你的処境會有多糟呢
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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