inhospitable
英 [,ɪnhɒ'spɪtəb(ə)l; ɪn'hɒspɪt-]
美[,ɪnhɑ'spɪtəbl]
- 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。
英英释意
- 1. unfavorable to life or growth;
- "the barren inhospitable desert"
- "inhospitable mountain areas"
- 2. not hospitable;
- "they are extremely inhospitable these days"
- "her greeting was cold and inhospitable"
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).
考试真题
- Studies have explored evidence that dietary changes can slow inflammation, for example, or make the body inhospitable to cancer cells.
2018年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B
- If in these activities the physical features of the planet are damaged, if the environment is made inhospitable for a multitude of living species,then so be it.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
实用场景例句
- inhospitable terrain
- 荒凉地带
牛津词典
- an inhospitable climate
- 不宜人的气候
牛津词典
- ...the earth's most inhospitable regions.
- 地球上最不适合居住的地区
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the island's inhospitable climate.
- 岛上不适合居住的气候
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They're extremely inhospitable these days.
- 这些日子他们极不友好.
《简明英汉词典》
- I had scarcely passed my twelfth birthday when I entered the inhospitable regions of examinations.
- 我跨进那冷淡无情的考区时才十二周岁.
辞典例句
- In reality, the moon is more inhospitable than the most desolate place on Earth.
- 其实, 月球比地球上最荒凉的地方还要不适于居住.
期刊摘选
- It was inhospitable of you not to offer her a drink.
- 你未给她饮品是待客不周.
期刊摘选
- Her greeting was cold and inhospitable.
- 她的迎接非常冷淡.
期刊摘选
- The once inhospitable landscape is now tamed.
- 那曾经荒凉的土地现在已经被开垦出来了.
期刊摘选
- 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.
辞典例句
- They are extremely inhospitable these days.
- 这些天来,他们极其冷淡.
期刊摘选
- For the most part the elderly struggle to exist in an inhospitable world.
- 老人大都为了生存在一个冷淡的世界上挣扎着.
期刊摘选
- 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.
辞典例句
- Be not inhospitable to strangers lest they be angles in disguise.
- [不要冷漠对待陌生人,因为他们有可能是天使所乔装.]-莎士比亚书店.
期刊摘选
- At the time, the north was very inhospitable, being cold and damp and covered in forests.
- 那个时候, 北方的天气非常恶劣, 寒风凛冽并且到处都被森林覆盖.
期刊摘选
- You're never afraid of a challenge and you see beauty even in the most inhospitable environments.
- 你从来不会害怕挑战.哪怕在最荒凉的环境里你也能看到美好的东西.
期刊摘选
- This was a region of early settlement with relatively inhospitable conditions for agriculture.
- 这是初期殖民的地区,农业条件并非优良.
辞典例句
- It's a barren, inhospitable, but beautiful part of the world.
- 这里贫瘠而荒凉, 但同时也是世界一部分美丽的所在.
期刊摘选
- If Dr. Grantly had used it of me, he has been unmanly and inhospitable.
- 要是格伦雷博士使用它来说我, 那么他就不象一个男子汉,待客人也太不礼貌啦.
辞典例句
- It is inhospitable to turn a stranger away.
- 把陌生人拒之门外不是好客的表现.
辞典例句
- 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。
柯林斯例句
- 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。
柯林斯例句