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).
雙語例句
- 1. They're extremely inhospitable these days.
- 這些日子他們極不友好.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. That's probably the most bare, bleak, barren and inhospitable island I've ever seen.
- 那可能是我見過的最荒涼的島嶼，荒無人煙，寸草不生。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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境里，男女關系肯定會緊張。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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展.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Within two years they had tamed this inhospitable landscape.
- 兩年之內他們已經開墾了這片荒涼的土地.
來自辭典例句