| 单词 | inhospitable |
| 释义 | inhospitable (once / 2953 pages) adj Inhospitable places aren't easy or comfortable to live in, and inhospitable people can be downright unfriendly — even hostile. A hotel is particularly inhospitable if it's got uncomfortable beds and grouchy desk clerks. Northern Minnesota is inhospitable in January, and many parts of India are inhospitable in the summertime — they are harsh, difficult places for most people. You're inhospitable to a visitor in your home if you don't offer a drink or ask if they want to sit, or in other ways try to make them comfortable. To be hospitable is to be friendly or pleasant, and when you add the "not" prefix in-, you get inhospitable. WORD FAMILYinhospitable: inhospitableness, inhospitably, inhospitality+/hospitable: hospitableness, hospitabler, hospitably, hospitality, inhospitable/hospitality: hospitalities/inhospitality: inhospitalities USAGE EXAMPLESIt is, at certain times of the year, an easy access biosphere in inhospitable terrain. The Guardian(Dec 14, 2016) She was responsible for moving fuel through pipelines amongst the inhospitable jungle of the Truong Son Mountains. BBC(Dec 05, 2016) Having proven itself inhospitable ground for Mr. Trump’s nativist campaign rhetoric, Virginia may take no more kindly to Mr. Stewart’s. Washington Post(Nov 26, 2016) 1adj not hospitable they are extremely inhospitable these days her greeting was cold and inhospitable Syn|Ant unfriendly not disposed to friendship or friendliness hospitable disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity friendlycharacteristic of or befitting a friend welcomingvery cordial 2adj unfavorable to life or growth the barren inhospitable desert inhospitable mountain areas Syn|Ant bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark providing no shelter or sustenance godforsaken, waste, wildlocated in a dismal or remote area; desolate hostile, uncongenial, unfriendlyvery unfavorable to life or growth water-washedwashed or swept with water especially waves of the sea windsweptopen to or swept by wind hospitable favorable to life and growth genial, kindagreeable, conducive to comfort |
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