inhospitable

英 [,?nh?'sp?t?b(?)l; ?n'h?sp?t-] 美[,?nhɑ'sp?t?bl]
  • adj. 荒涼的;冷淡的,不好客的;不適居留的

中文詞源


inhospitable 不友好的

in-,不,非,hospitable,友好的。

英文詞源


inhospitable (adj.)
1560s, from Middle French inhospitable (15c.), from Medieval Latin inhospitabilis (equivalent of Latin inhospitalis), from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + Medieval Latin hospitabilis (see hospitable).

雙語(yǔ)例句


1. They're extremely inhospitable these days.
這些日子他們極不友好.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

2. That's probably the most bare, bleak, barren and inhospitable island I've ever seen.
那可能是我見(jiàn)過(guò)的最荒涼的島嶼,荒無(wú)人煙,寸草不生。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. If you have men and women thrown together in inhospitable surroundings, you are going to get some sexual tension.
你要是讓男人和女人一起呆在不友好的環(huán)境里,男女關(guān)系肯定會(huì)緊張。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. Almost certainly, life can develop and exist in much more inhospitable climates.
幾乎可以肯定的是, 生命能夠在比這不利得多的氣候條件下生存發(fā)展.

來(lái)自辭典例句

5. Within two years they had tamed this inhospitable landscape.
兩年之內(nèi)他們已經(jīng)開(kāi)墾了這片荒涼的土地.

來(lái)自辭典例句