单词
inhospitable
英 [,?nh?'sp?t?b(?)l; ?n'h?sp?t-]
美[,?nhɑ'sp?t?bl]
基本信息
- adj. 荒凉的；冷淡的，不好客的；不适居留的
中文词源
inhospitable 不友好的
in-,不，非，hospitable,友好的。
英文词源
- 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).
双语例句
- 1. They're extremely inhospitable these days.
- 这些日子他们极不友好.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. That's probably the most bare, bleak, barren and inhospitable island I've ever seen.
- 那可能是我见过的最荒凉的岛屿，荒无人烟，寸草不生。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. If you have men and women thrown together in inhospitable surroundings, you are going to get some sexual tension.
- 你要是让男人和女人一起呆在不友好的环境里，男女关系肯定会紧张。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Almost certainly, life can develop and exist in much more inhospitable climates.
- 几乎可以肯定的是, 生命能够在比这不利得多的气候条件下生存发展.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Within two years they had tamed this inhospitable landscape.
- 两年之内他们已经开垦了这片荒凉的土地.
来自辞典例句
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