inhospitable
inhospitable 英 [ˌɪnhɒˈspɪtəbl] 美 [ˌɪnhɑˈspɪtəbl]
adj. 荒凉的；冷淡的，不好客的；不适居留的
- 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.
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- adj. 荒凉的；冷淡的，不好客的；不适居留的
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1. Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.
严重的疾病都不会打扰我太久，因为我是个很不好客的主人。
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2. In the Arctic, above the ice and below, wildlife prospers in what might seem to be an inhospitable environment.
在北极圈，在冰层上下，野生动植物在一个看起来无法居住的环境中繁荣昌盛。
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3. Without this mechanism our "Blue Planet" might well be as dry and inhospitable as Mars.
如果没有这个机制，我们的“蓝色星球”，可能就会象火星一样干旱和不适合居住。
- inhospitable (adj.) 1560s, from Middle French inhospitable (15c.), from Medieval Latin inhospitabilis (equivalent of Latin inhospitalis), from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + Medieval Latin hospitabilis (see hospitable).
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