inhospitable
英 [ˌɪn.hɒsˈpɪt.ə.bəl]
美 [ˌɪn.hɑːˈspɪt̬.ə.bəl]
- adj. 荒凉的；冷淡的，不好客的；不适居留的
记忆方法
将“inhospitable”分解为“in-”表示否定，“host”表示“主人”，和“-ible”表示“能…的”。结合起来，想象一个地方“不能成为好的主人”，即不欢迎人、不友好的地方，这样可以帮助记忆这个单词的意思是“不友善的；不适宜的”。
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中文词源
inhospitable 不友好的
in-,不，非，hospitable,友好的。
英语词源
- 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).
权威例句
- 1. They're extremely inhospitable these days.
- 这些日子他们极不友好.
- 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。
- 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。
- 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.
- 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.