| 释义 |
unˈfavourably, adv.
[un-1 11.]
In an unfavourable manner: a. In respect of opinion, statement, etc.
1460Paston Lett. Suppl. (1901) 63 Thei reporten you un⁓favorabely and withoute credence, as men seyn, and some I have herd. a1680Glanvill (J.), Bacon speaks not unfavourably of this. a1768Secker Serm. (1771) V. xv. 335 There hath been..something or another that should not have been; else so many would not have judged..so unfavourably. 1816Scott Old Mort. xv, If our summons is unfavourably received we will instantly attack. 1866J. H. Newman Let. to Pusey 86 That compromise of which our countrymen report so unfavourably from abroad.
b. In respect of circumstances, conditions, etc.
1833Carlyle Misc. (1840) IV. 337 A richly endowed, unfavourably situated nature. 1846A. Marsh Father Darcy II. ix. 151 His tones and gestures..contrasted unfavourably with the appearance either of Catesby or Winter. 1871A. Meadows Man. Midwifery (ed. 2) 230, I believe it..to compare very unfavourably with the death-rate of the supposed more formidable operation. |