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单词 hospitable
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Definition of hospitable in English:

hospitable

adjective hɒˈspɪtəb(ə)lˈhɒspɪtəb(ə)l
  • 1Friendly and welcoming to visitors or guests.

    two friendly, hospitable brothers run the hotel
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is not a cliche to say that the people on Islay are generous, hospitable and friendly.
    • The locals clearly were not too keen to strangers and I received a less than hospitable welcome.
    • He invited me to his home where I was treated to a luxurious dinner and given a wonderful and hospitable welcome.
    • The Chamorro people are warm, hospitable and friendly, and they made me feel welcome.
    • I met and became very good friends with David Gilbert and his family, who were very kind, hospitable and friendly to me.
    • I have always thought they are the most hospitable, friendly people I have ever met, and this experience was no different.
    • When visiting a neighbor or relative's house, guests enjoy a hospitable welcome.
    • It is important to be warm and hospitable to visitors by offering them food and drink.
    • Samoans are quite simply the friendliest, most hospitable people you're ever likely to meet.
    • Her hospitable kitchen welcomed a constant stream of neighbours, family and friends.
    • Although shy, the people are friendly and hospitable.
    • She was also full of praise for the people of Dingle who were so hospitable and friendly.
    • I hear that despite a lot of poverty, the people are very welcoming and hospitable.
    • She's very nice, very friendly, and exceedingly hospitable.
    • In addition to the beauty of the blue ocean and the white sandy beaches, Terry found the people very friendly and hospitable.
    • His friends said he was hospitable towards everyone, always tried to help people as best he could, and made them smile, and he loved punk music.
    • It offers professional service with a hospitable and friendly staff.
    • I am hoping to find more friendly, hospitable people to join a local network of volunteer hosts offering invitations to international students.
    • Each time we rode through a town we were surprised to see the hospitable welcomes we were given.
    • It shows local shoppers that their custom is valued and also serves to promote our county as a warm, friendly and hospitable place to visit.
    Synonyms
    welcoming, friendly, congenial, genial, sociable, convivial, cordial, gracious, amicable, well disposed, amenable, helpful, obliging, accommodating, neighbourly, warm, warm-hearted, kind, kindly, kind-hearted, generous, liberal, bountiful, open-handed
    1. 1.1 (of an environment) pleasant and favourable for living in.
      one of the least hospitable places in North America
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The beginning of the New Year does not appear to present the most hospitable environment for bond markets at home or abroad.
      • An economy in free fall is not the most hospitable environment for premium wines.
      • Both have been working in companies where the environment is very hospitable to women.
      • Evidently, in our solar system, life first evolved quite soon after the formation of a hospitable terrestrial environment.
      • The earth, even at its extremes, is the hospitable planet; consider staking a tent on Mars or Mercury.
      • She left the office and headed upstairs to the slightly less clean, but still hospitable bedrooms.
      • The Inuit homeland is one of the regions of the world least hospitable to human habitation.
      • It is generally known that anthrax bacteria can live for decades in the soil or other hospitable environments.
      • You could hardly design a more hospitable environment for hackers if you tried.
      • They will examine rocks and soils for clues about whether the sites once had environments hospitable to life.
      • The immediate urban region in which we live is the setting for most of what we do, and we have a clear interest in seeing that that setting remains hospitable.
      • Eventually the planet will no longer be hospitable to humans because we continue to gravely mutilate the environment.
      • Besides the hospitable corporate environment found in South Dakota, the state offers a big backyard for play.
      • I pledge to make the earth a secure and hospitable place for present and future generations.
      • Loss of structure in monotypic litter likely led to reduced and less hospitable physical living space.
      • I decided perhaps I should attempt my launch in a more hospitable environment, so I went to Montreal.
      • Most of them finally settled down in the hospitable surroundings of their chosen country.
      • So how has atheistic Maoism found such a hospitable environment here?
      • They found a country infinitely more hospitable than their homelands.
      • Clearly, the current low inflation environment is more hospitable to consumers rather than producers.

Derivatives

  • hospitably

  • adverb ˈhɒspɪtəblihɒˈspɪtəbli
    • We were very hospitably received by our Hutu neighbors there.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The Museum staff looked after the Chiswick group very generously and hospitably, discussing these painful issues in some detail, providing guided tours during their stay and an interpreter for the afternoon of the event.
      • They were generally treated more hospitably by non-Christians than in the Christian world, where the dominant Catholic Church actively promoted anti-Semitism.
      • Despite my dubious claims that I was writing an article for a publication which may or may not have existed as far as the iguana owners were concerned, they hospitably allowed me to trespass all over their property.
      • As Robert Louis Stevenson put it after spending a night under some pine trees in the hills of the Cevennes in southern France: ‘I had been most hospitably received and punctually served in my green caravanserai.’

Origin

Late 16th century: from French, from obsolete hospiter 'receive a guest', from medieval Latin hospitare 'entertain', from hospes, hospit- (see host1).

 
 

Definition of hospitable in US English:

hospitable

adjective
  • 1Friendly and welcoming to strangers or guests.

    two friendly, hospitable brothers run the hotel
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Chamorro people are warm, hospitable and friendly, and they made me feel welcome.
    • It shows local shoppers that their custom is valued and also serves to promote our county as a warm, friendly and hospitable place to visit.
    • His friends said he was hospitable towards everyone, always tried to help people as best he could, and made them smile, and he loved punk music.
    • Each time we rode through a town we were surprised to see the hospitable welcomes we were given.
    • It is important to be warm and hospitable to visitors by offering them food and drink.
    • She's very nice, very friendly, and exceedingly hospitable.
    • He invited me to his home where I was treated to a luxurious dinner and given a wonderful and hospitable welcome.
    • It offers professional service with a hospitable and friendly staff.
    • In addition to the beauty of the blue ocean and the white sandy beaches, Terry found the people very friendly and hospitable.
    • Samoans are quite simply the friendliest, most hospitable people you're ever likely to meet.
    • The locals clearly were not too keen to strangers and I received a less than hospitable welcome.
    • When visiting a neighbor or relative's house, guests enjoy a hospitable welcome.
    • Although shy, the people are friendly and hospitable.
    • I have always thought they are the most hospitable, friendly people I have ever met, and this experience was no different.
    • I met and became very good friends with David Gilbert and his family, who were very kind, hospitable and friendly to me.
    • Her hospitable kitchen welcomed a constant stream of neighbours, family and friends.
    • It is not a cliche to say that the people on Islay are generous, hospitable and friendly.
    • She was also full of praise for the people of Dingle who were so hospitable and friendly.
    • I hear that despite a lot of poverty, the people are very welcoming and hospitable.
    • I am hoping to find more friendly, hospitable people to join a local network of volunteer hosts offering invitations to international students.
    Synonyms
    welcoming, friendly, congenial, genial, sociable, convivial, cordial, gracious, amicable, well disposed, amenable, helpful, obliging, accommodating, neighbourly, warm, warm-hearted, kind, kindly, kind-hearted, generous, liberal, bountiful, open-handed
    1. 1.1 (of an environment) pleasant and favorable for living in.
      the Sonoran desert is one of the least hospitable places on earth
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They found a country infinitely more hospitable than their homelands.
      • Most of them finally settled down in the hospitable surroundings of their chosen country.
      • You could hardly design a more hospitable environment for hackers if you tried.
      • They will examine rocks and soils for clues about whether the sites once had environments hospitable to life.
      • So how has atheistic Maoism found such a hospitable environment here?
      • The beginning of the New Year does not appear to present the most hospitable environment for bond markets at home or abroad.
      • I decided perhaps I should attempt my launch in a more hospitable environment, so I went to Montreal.
      • Clearly, the current low inflation environment is more hospitable to consumers rather than producers.
      • An economy in free fall is not the most hospitable environment for premium wines.
      • Loss of structure in monotypic litter likely led to reduced and less hospitable physical living space.
      • The earth, even at its extremes, is the hospitable planet; consider staking a tent on Mars or Mercury.
      • Besides the hospitable corporate environment found in South Dakota, the state offers a big backyard for play.
      • Evidently, in our solar system, life first evolved quite soon after the formation of a hospitable terrestrial environment.
      • She left the office and headed upstairs to the slightly less clean, but still hospitable bedrooms.
      • Both have been working in companies where the environment is very hospitable to women.
      • The immediate urban region in which we live is the setting for most of what we do, and we have a clear interest in seeing that that setting remains hospitable.
      • It is generally known that anthrax bacteria can live for decades in the soil or other hospitable environments.
      • Eventually the planet will no longer be hospitable to humans because we continue to gravely mutilate the environment.
      • I pledge to make the earth a secure and hospitable place for present and future generations.
      • The Inuit homeland is one of the regions of the world least hospitable to human habitation.

Origin

Late 16th century: from French, from obsolete hospiter ‘receive a guest’, from medieval Latin hospitare ‘entertain’, from hospes, hospit- (see host).

 
 
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