Not polite or friendly — but in a specific way. "Ungracious" is what you are when someone has been kind to you, or when good manners clearly call for warmth, and you fail to give it.

Not polite or friendly不禮貌、不友善——but in a specific way但是是特定的一種。"Ungracious" is what you are'ungracious'指的是你的樣子——when someone has been kind to you當有人對你好，or when good manners clearly call for warmth或禮貌明明要求你表現溫暖的時候，and you fail to give it你卻沒有做到。

Winning a game and refusing to shake the loser's hand is ungracious. Being given a gift and saying nothing. Being congratulated and answering coldly. Losing an election and complaining instead of accepting.

Winning a game贏了比賽，and refusing to shake the loser's hand卻拒絕跟輸的人握手，is ungracious就是ungracious。Being given a gift收到禮物，and saying nothing卻什麼都不說。Being congratulated被人恭喜，and answering coldly卻冷冷回應。Losing an election選舉輸了，and complaining instead of accepting卻抱怨而不是接受。

That is why the word is so often paired with winners and losers, hosts and guests, thanks and apologies — situations where a small warmth was owed. It is milder than "rude." A rude person attacks; an ungracious person simply withholds. That withholding is what people notice.

That is why the word is so often paired with這就是為什麼這個字常常跟 winners and losers贏家和輸家、hosts and guests主人和客人、thanks and apologies道謝和道歉搭在一起——situations where a small warmth was owed那些本來就該表現一點溫暖的場合。It is milder than "rude."它比'rude'溫和：A rude person attacksrude的人會攻擊，an ungracious person simply withholdsungracious的人只是不給。That withholding那種不給 is what people notice就是大家會注意到的。

The tone is somewhat formal, and it often appears in the phrase "it would be ungracious of me to…" — a polite way of saying "I should not complain, so I won't." You will also see "gracious" on its own for the opposite: warm, generous, well-mannered in exactly this way.

The tone is somewhat formal語氣算是有點正式，and it often appears in the phrase "it would be ungracious of me to…"常出現在「it would be ungracious of me to…」這個句型裡——a polite way of saying "I should not complain, so I won't."是一種客氣的說法，意思是「我不該抱怨，所以我不抱怨」。You will also see "gracious" on its own for the opposite你也會看到'gracious'單獨出現，指相反的意思：warm, generous, well-mannered in exactly this way也就是這方面的溫暖、大方、有風度。