词汇 | standoffishness |
释义 | standoffishness noun[ U ] informal disapprovinguk /ˌstændˈɒf.ɪʃ.nəs/ us /ˌstændˈɑː.fɪʃ.nəs/ a way of behaving that is slightly unfriendly and too formal: 冷漠;疏远 What some people think is standoffishness is really just shyness.有些人看起来冷漠,其实他们只是害羞。 He never said anything critical, but there was a standoffishness in his behaviour.他从不说任何批评的话,但他的举止却带着一种疏离感。 See standoffish His fans don't mind his standoffishness. Williams has the right combination of standoffishness and warmth. If we don't express the things that worry us our body language could look like standoffishness or coldness. Not being friendly abrasive abrasively abrasiveness abruptly abruptness aloof estrangement estrangement from someone flintily forbidding forbiddingly frigid gruff offhandedness offish remote remoteness reserved saturnine wintry Examples of standoffishnessstandoffishness One worries if there is any criticism of the apparent standoffishness because one dare not participate in what is going on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The anime and manga versions of the character are reasonably interchangeable, although her standoffishness is more pronounced in the anime. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. No one has a more gloriously uppity charm; no voice can simultaneously so rasp and thrill; no one ever made standoffishness more come-hitherable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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