| 单词 | hostile |
| 释义 | hostile (hɒstaɪl , US -təl ) 1. adjective If you are hostile to another person or an idea, you disagree with them or disapprove of them, often showing this in your behaviour. Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention. [+ to] The West has gradually relaxed its hostile attitude to this influential state. The Governor faced hostile crowds when he visited the town yesterday. Synonyms: unfriendly, belligerent, antagonistic, unkind 2. adjective Someone who is hostile is unfriendly and aggressive. They usually relate in a cold and hostile way to the world. The prisoner eyed him in hostile silence. 3. adjective Hostile situations and conditions make it difficult for you to achieve something. ...some of the most hostile climatic conditions in the world. The world's trading environment is likely to become increasingly hostile. Synonyms: inhospitable, adverse, alien, uncongenial 4. adjective A hostile takeover bid is one that is opposed by the company that is being bid for. [business] The Malaysian tycoon launched a hostile bid. 5. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] In a war, you use hostile to describe your enemy's forces, organizations, weapons, land, and activities. The city is encircled by a hostile army. They were in hostile territory. ...hostile aircraft. Collocations: generally hostile Many of these creatures are generally hostile to the player and will attack on sight. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 All seemed generally hostile towards mankind, some periodically crossed over to prey on selected victims or to seek vengeance on former tormentors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Bandits are ruthless and generally hostile to anyone not in their gang. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 All wild dinosaurs (which wear white collars) are generally hostile to both the characters and hunters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They show a preference for turbid inshore areas and in harbors, and have a generally hostile attitude and are territorial towards other reef fish. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It had adapted perfectly to the hostile conditions of the open ocean, where concentrations of food are few and far between. Times, Sunday Times They are members of a class of life-forms called extremophiles, colonies of microbes that live in the most hostile conditions imaginable. The Sun These plants, which are adapted to survive in hostile conditions, contain high levels of nutrients. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The company has yet to show it can weather more hostile conditions and, given that risk, the shares look pricey. Times, Sunday Times To be given such a close-up view of penguins living on the other side of world in unspeakably hostile conditions has got to be one of the wonders of television. Times, Sunday Times His resignation statement was a model of timing, clarity and hostile intent. Times, Sunday Times Company managements can better communicate with their shareholders when they know who they are and can prepare defences against those with hostile intent. Times, Sunday Times Unable to verify any hostile intent from the herders, the team cut them loose. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They began to carry out offensive sorties, not only against targets that had fired on them, but upon installations that had demonstrated no hostile intent. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The tests utilized role-players and stealth techniques of insurgents to test the intuitive nature and helping to identify attempts to mask hostile intent. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Any dilution of the stake could also make a hostile offer difficult. Times, Sunday Times His hostile offer, pitched at 50p a share, was unsuccessful. Times, Sunday Times This had the unfortunate effect of making what was a friendly rapprochement look like a hostile offer. Times, Sunday Times The job was demanding enough when managers were responsible for picking a winning team and fending off a hostile press. Times,Sunday Times The fewer his words, the less a hostile press could twist them. Times, Sunday Times Hostile press belied the audience's enthusiasm for his style, freer than the stylised stage gestures of the day. Times, Sunday Times In the following year this emboldened him to embark on a crackdown on an increasingly hostile press, which was calling for greater economic and political reform. Times, Sunday Times A hostile press made it impossible for him to get good coverage. Times, Sunday Times He may receive a hostile reception from bosses, however, who think commitments given at last year's meeting have not been met. Times, Sunday Times They fully deserve the hostile reception they receive. The Sun I was shocked at the hostile reception he got from other critics. Times, Sunday Times She was aware that she might return to a hostile reception. Times, Sunday Times But the hostile reception they receive speaks volumes. Times, Sunday Times The speech drew a hostile response from green and equality groups. Times, Sunday Times Such sermons disturb the status quo, sometimes inciting hostile response. Christianity Today Clause 11 received a hostile response from all directions. Times, Sunday Times They have attracted a mainly hostile response. Times, Sunday Times This led to a hostile response from the government. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Top players have expressed frustration in recent days with the flood of regulatory change and hostile rhetoric about bankers. Times, Sunday Times But hostile rhetoric against the banks should be curbed. Times, Sunday Times Traders said that the increasingly hostile rhetoric represented an escalation in tensions and could begin to affect investors' confidence and growth prospects. Times, Sunday Times But they have fought with incredible courage in almost unimaginably hostile terrain. The Sun Some defence analysts said that it could take longer because of the hostile terrain and the army's previous record in the region. Times, Sunday Times Gardens, sheltered by belts of woodland, nestle in this seemingly hostile terrain, their thin soil built up by decades - and even centuries - of careful cultivation. Times, Sunday Times I'm a skydiver and have a background in getting food to people in hostile terrain going back to my army days, so you can see how the idea came about. Times, Sunday Times His army marched cautiously into this hostile terrain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They provide cover for a patrol against small arms fire and allow stealthy movement through hostile territory. Times, Sunday Times A mismatched gang of travellers have to forget their differences when their stagecoach becomes stranded in hostile territory. The Sun The soldiers looked so young - too young to be marooned in the middle of hostile territory fighting an invisible enemy. The Sun Suddenly almost everyone had a relative living in newly hostile territory. The Times Literary Supplement Those leaders must lead - and be seen to lead - even into hostile territory. Times, Sunday Times And his suggestions on how to deal with the increasingly hostile members of the press are hardly appropriate. Times, Sunday Times Some become increasingly hostile because the spouse can't just let the whole thing drop. Christianity Today Instead, the group received 'increasingly hostile' letters from the landlord. Times, Sunday Times Press conferences over the past few days have been increasingly hostile. Times, Sunday Times In the following year this emboldened him to embark on a crackdown on an increasingly hostile press, which was calling for greater economic and political reform. Times, Sunday Times Sometimes he has appeared openly hostile at the idea of explaining his decisions to the moneymen. Times, Sunday Times He consistently backs this up by publishing work that would seem critical of, even openly hostile to, his own views. The Times Literary Supplement Some are openly hostile, and refuse to accept temporal power even when offered as they do not want to sully the purity of their claims to spiritual legitimacy. Times, Sunday Times Rarely has a reality soap been so openly hostile to its subject. Times, Sunday Times Most clubs are openly hostile to international football and at times are deliberately obstructive. Times, Sunday Times Meetings are tense at best, overtly hostile at worst. Times, Sunday Times Indeed, the feelings expressed yesterday were overtly hostile. Times, Sunday Times This overtly hostile action could not be tolerated. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The government tolerated a variety of trends in these fields, provided they were not overtly hostile to the regime. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By 1980 many cartographers had turned overtly hostile to his claims. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A celebration of a feat of endurance, given his 350-mile walk through tough, potentially hostile land? The Times Literary Supplement And yet part of him loved this potentially hostile world. Times, Sunday Times You are a soldier heading into an unknown, potentially hostile town. Times, Sunday Times He can charm a gathering of potentially hostile voters by flattering and cajoling them. Times, Sunday Times Because this was probably dreamt up by someone who identifies most of the country as uncharted and potentially hostile territory. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 敌对的 Japanese: 敵意のある |
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