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).
雙語例句
1. They're extremely inhospitable these days.
這些日子他們極不友好.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. That's probably the most bare, bleak, barren and inhospitable island I've ever seen.
那可能是我見過的最荒涼的島嶼，荒無人煙，寸草不生。
來自柯林斯例句
3. If you have men and women thrown together in inhospitable surroundings, you are going to get some sexual tension.
你要是讓男人和女人一起呆在不友好的環(huán)境里，男女關(guān)系肯定會(huì)緊張。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Almost certainly, life can develop and exist in much more inhospitable climates.
幾乎可以肯定的是, 生命能夠在比這不利得多的氣候條件下生存發(fā)展.
來自辭典例句
5. Within two years they had tamed this inhospitable landscape.