| 词汇 | inhospitable |
| 释义 | inhospitable adjective uk /ˌɪn.hɒsˈpɪt.ə.bəl/ us /ˌɪn.hɑːˈspɪt̬.ə.bəl/ inhospitableadjective (PERSON)not welcoming or generous to people who visit you: 不好客的;不殷勤待客的 I'll have to cook them a meal or they'll think I'm inhospitable.我得给他们做顿饭，否则他们会认为我不好客。 Not being friendly abrasive abrasively abrasiveness abruptly abruptness aloof estrangement estrangement from someone flintily forbidding forbiddingly frigid gruff offish remote remoteness reserved reservedly saturnine wintry inhospitableadjective (PLACE)An inhospitable area is not suitable for humans to live in: （地区）难以居住的，条件恶劣的 They had to trek for miles through inhospitable countryside.他们不得不在条件恶劣的乡野艰苦跋涉数英里。 Living or sleeping somewhere abide co-resident co-residential domiciled dwell inhospitably live in live in sinidiom live out lodge non-residency populate repopulate repopulation reside residence residency settle slum tenancy Examples of inhospitableinhospitable The results indicate that the diversity of life is extensive, even in this seemingly inhospitable ' ' extreme ' ' environment. How do we keep your foreign language without being impolite or inhospitable to the public, our host in the theatre? He is particularly good on conditions within the workhouse, whether in regard to the poor quality of workhouse food or to the bleak and inhospitable nature of the physical environment. His first objection is to my argument that the urban origins and agendas of these movements, and the inhospitable rural environment, explain much of the movements' violence against the peasantry. The depositional environment is too close to the mountainous hinterland, which is too inhospitable for mammals and reptiles due to lack of food and standing water bodies. Is the matrix really inhospitable? The railway was 250 miles long and was built through some of the most inhospitable and disease-ridden terrain in the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In this way, hope and encouragement was given to those living in these wild and inhospitable areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How are they able to support that population upon those barren, windswept, cold and inhospitable islands? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However inhospitable and unattractive it may be physically, it is extraordinary how many colleagues from all parties have expressed a desire to go there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think anybody in his senses would think of having many small holdings in that very bleak and inhospitable climate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The area can sometimes look bleak and inhospitable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I join others in paying a very real tribute to her for the courageous way in which she travels into the most inhospitable lands. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they can wring some small livelihood from that inhospitable soil, surely they should be given a chance of doing so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our forces must be deployable at short notice and in difficult and inhospitable terrain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of inhospitable These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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