inhospitable

• adj. 荒凉的；冷淡的，不好客的；不适居留的

中文词源

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