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单词 unapproachable
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Definition of unapproachable in English:

unapproachable

adjectiveʌnəˈprəʊtʃəb(ə)lˌənəˈproʊtʃəb(ə)l
  • 1Not welcoming or friendly.

    he seems stuffy and unapproachable
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Speaking of depressed, my mother sat me down this morning and told me she thinks I'm unhappy and as a result am emotionally removed and unapproachable.
    • Council officers often come in for criticism about their attitudes; being unapproachable, etc.
    • Placebo's love affair with the British music press screeched to a halt in mid-2000 when the NME penned a scathing feature accusing the singer of being arrogant, difficult, unapproachable, obnoxious and deluded.
    • But O'Neill was then Leicester manager, officially unapproachable.
    • Often these protagonists seem gruff and unapproachable, even privileged and elitist, at least at first, perhaps concealing a painful shyness and a need for privacy.
    • In Columbus, former neighbours described the independent truck driver, who was often on the road, as unapproachable and aloof.
    • He was unapproachable, sometimes rude, always sarcastic, but it was also clear that he was uncannily observant.
    • Evander, despite that, didn't want to cause grief for Darren or the band by seeming unapproachable or surly.
    • He's shy, remember - he doesn't want to give you a bad impression of himself - and without a doubt the sober you is unapproachable.
    • We're so busy packing as much into our schedules as we can, that we become unapproachable to those who would enjoy a few minutes with us.
    • ‘No one is that vicious, that unapproachable, for no reason,’ she told the writer, and the character's background was coloured in.
    • Still, she looks every inch the unapproachable star and is flanked by those indispensable celebrity accessories, the bodyguard and personal assistant.
    • Yeah, she was often unapproachable and often hostile, but the ice part didn't hold any water for Mona.
    • That little black-and-white square photo at the lower right only reminds people of what they think about Gray Davis, which is that, as a person, he's cold, unapproachable and stiff.
    • The parents of the youths involved are unapproachable and witnesses are too afraid to come forward to give evidence.
    • Because he was reserved in manner, some people preferred to think that he was unapproachable, rather than admit to being afraid of finding themselves intellectually inferior.
    • You're so confident, you're very unapproachable.
    • When I first started blogging, I considered some bloggers unapproachable.
    • It struck me as an opportunity to let the public know what really happens in a solicitor's office and dispel any idea we might be unapproachable.
    • In reality - when I'm not mulling these things over in my mind and being paranoid - I don't think I'm unapproachable or unfriendly.
    Synonyms
    aloof, distant, remote, detached, reserved, withdrawn, uncommunicative, guarded, undemonstrative, unresponsive, unforthcoming, unfriendly, unsympathetic, unsociable, cool, cold, icy, chilly, frosty, frigid, stiff, formal, dispassionate
    informal stand-offish, offish, off
  • 2archaic (of a place) remote and inaccessible.

    some regions were unapproachable to the Romans
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It takes a hundred men two days to clear a patch of land the size of a soccer field; in Angola, most of the arable land is unapproachable.
    • Some Arrowhead homes have already been filled with water, while a few cabins at the end of River Road that sit on the Withlacoochee River are flooded and unapproachable because of the high water levels.
    • Built over a Thracian settlement and a Byzantine fortress, Tsarevets turned into an unapproachable fortress.
    Synonyms
    inaccessible, out of reach, beyond reach, unreachable, remote, out of the way, isolated, far-flung, off the map, in the middle of nowhere, in the hinterlands
    informal off the beaten track, in the back of beyond, in the sticks, unget-at-able
    North American informal jerkwater, in the tall timbers
    Australian/New Zealand informal Barcoo, beyond the black stump

Derivatives

  • unapproachability

  • nounʌnəprəʊtʃəˈbɪlɪti
    • But how dare you use my carefully cultivated unapproachability as an excuse for your bone idleness!
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But we also learn that the downside of her implacable self-belief was a certain unapproachability.
      • The greatest danger for the churches is not primarily financial, but rather the anonymity and unapproachability of its functionaries.
      • Centaur's Art might have been a mess, but the questions the script raises about the holiness and unapproachability of art are still worth asking.
      • The legal system's terms and mystique create an impression of complexity and unapproachability.
  • unapproachably

  • adverbˌʌnəˈprəʊtʃəbliˌənəˈproʊtʃəbli
    • Chapters 4-6 are more mathematically explicit, but not unapproachably so for the lay reader.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Since that may make the book sound unapproachably professorial, here's an excerpt from the writing itself, which as you'll see is thoughtful, personal, angry, inventive and immediate.
      • It's how we are meant to be, and sometimes the unapproachably perfect is best seen in our imperfect striving for it.
      • But it's not unapproachably avant-garde, either, for all the fearsome credibility of many of her new accomplices.
      • Unless you understand the minutiae of the series, Star Trek games can be unapproachably complex.
  • unapproachableness

  • noun
 
 

Definition of unapproachable in US English:

unapproachable

adjectiveˌənəˈprōCHəb(ə)lˌənəˈproʊtʃəb(ə)l
  • 1(of a person or institution) not welcoming or friendly.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But O'Neill was then Leicester manager, officially unapproachable.
    • The parents of the youths involved are unapproachable and witnesses are too afraid to come forward to give evidence.
    • Evander, despite that, didn't want to cause grief for Darren or the band by seeming unapproachable or surly.
    • We're so busy packing as much into our schedules as we can, that we become unapproachable to those who would enjoy a few minutes with us.
    • Council officers often come in for criticism about their attitudes; being unapproachable, etc.
    • In Columbus, former neighbours described the independent truck driver, who was often on the road, as unapproachable and aloof.
    • That little black-and-white square photo at the lower right only reminds people of what they think about Gray Davis, which is that, as a person, he's cold, unapproachable and stiff.
    • Yeah, she was often unapproachable and often hostile, but the ice part didn't hold any water for Mona.
    • It struck me as an opportunity to let the public know what really happens in a solicitor's office and dispel any idea we might be unapproachable.
    • You're so confident, you're very unapproachable.
    • Often these protagonists seem gruff and unapproachable, even privileged and elitist, at least at first, perhaps concealing a painful shyness and a need for privacy.
    • In reality - when I'm not mulling these things over in my mind and being paranoid - I don't think I'm unapproachable or unfriendly.
    • Speaking of depressed, my mother sat me down this morning and told me she thinks I'm unhappy and as a result am emotionally removed and unapproachable.
    • Still, she looks every inch the unapproachable star and is flanked by those indispensable celebrity accessories, the bodyguard and personal assistant.
    • Placebo's love affair with the British music press screeched to a halt in mid-2000 when the NME penned a scathing feature accusing the singer of being arrogant, difficult, unapproachable, obnoxious and deluded.
    • He was unapproachable, sometimes rude, always sarcastic, but it was also clear that he was uncannily observant.
    • Because he was reserved in manner, some people preferred to think that he was unapproachable, rather than admit to being afraid of finding themselves intellectually inferior.
    • When I first started blogging, I considered some bloggers unapproachable.
    • ‘No one is that vicious, that unapproachable, for no reason,’ she told the writer, and the character's background was coloured in.
    • He's shy, remember - he doesn't want to give you a bad impression of himself - and without a doubt the sober you is unapproachable.
    Synonyms
    aloof, distant, remote, detached, reserved, withdrawn, uncommunicative, guarded, undemonstrative, unresponsive, unforthcoming, unfriendly, unsympathetic, unsociable, cool, cold, icy, chilly, frosty, frigid, stiff, formal, dispassionate
    1. 1.1archaic (of a place) remote and inaccessible.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It takes a hundred men two days to clear a patch of land the size of a soccer field; in Angola, most of the arable land is unapproachable.
      • Built over a Thracian settlement and a Byzantine fortress, Tsarevets turned into an unapproachable fortress.
      • Some Arrowhead homes have already been filled with water, while a few cabins at the end of River Road that sit on the Withlacoochee River are flooded and unapproachable because of the high water levels.
      Synonyms
      inaccessible, out of reach, beyond reach, unreachable, remote, out of the way, isolated, far-flung, off the map, in the middle of nowhere, in the hinterlands
 
 
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