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inhospitable adj.1.不好客的,冷淡的,不親切的。2.不適于居住的...

inhospitality

Opposite the armchair , however , in which the count s mother had died - a square armchair of formal design and inhospitable padding , which stood by the hearthside - the countess sabine was seated in a deep and cozy lounge , the red silk upholsteries of which were soft as eider down 壁爐的一邊,有一張方形扶手椅,木質堅硬,椅罩布面粗糙,伯爵的母親就是坐在這張椅子上去世的。在壁爐的另一邊,也就是那張扶手椅的對面,薩比娜伯爵夫人坐在一張深座椅子上,椅墊是紅綢做的,柔軟得像鴨絨。

You ll not be surprised , ellen , at my feeling particularly cheerless , seated in worse than solitude on that inhospitable hearth , and remembering that four miles distant lay my delightful home , containing the only people i loved on earth ; and there might as well be the atlantic to part us , instead of those four miles : i could not overpass them 艾倫,你對我這特別不快活的感覺不會奇怪吧,我坐在那不好客的爐火旁,比孤獨還糟,想起四英里外就有我的愉快的家,住著我在世上所最愛的人。然而卻像是大西洋隔開了我們,而不是四英里:我越不過它!

These houses stand apart from their neighbors in many ways , displaying creative adaptations to inhospitable terrain or strict heritage building controls , exploring the cutting - edge use of materials and technology , and building techniques 這些住宅在許多方面都與它們鄰近的住宅有著很大的差異,展現著它們對不適合居住的地形以及對建筑物所控制的嚴格傳統的創造性地適應能力,在對材料、技術以及建造技藝的運用方面更是游刃有余。

Just as today the inhospitable terrain and climate of the arabian peninsular meant it was sparsely populated , and many of those that did inhabit the area were nomads , so it never produced a major power in the ancient era 一如今天我們所看到的一樣,阿拉伯半島不適合人居住的地形和氣候注定了這是片人跡罕至的地方,那些居住在這一區域的人大部分是游牧民族,因此,古時候這次從未產生一個強大的勢力。

Be prepared for severe and changeable weather and ensure that your equipment and clothing meet antarctic standards . remember that the antarctic environment is inhospitable , unpredictable , and potentially dangerous 簡而言之,就是做好自己本份,做足往南極的準備才出發。記著你參加的不是甚麼日本開心豪華游之類,不要期望領隊會像對小孩般對你噓寒問暖。

But the camera focuses on a handful of the 30 , 000 troops that landed on the inhospitable spec of volcanic ash and tufa that is iwo jima on feb . 19 , 1945 , to dislodge some 20 , 000 well - fortified japanese 但是影片的鏡頭對準了一批為了驅逐20 , 000人,火力強大的日本部隊而降落在火山灰和泉華地區的30 , 000人的部隊,那是19 , 1945年2月的硫磺島。

Yet many people , thinking of the distant continent only as a bleak , rocky , cold and inhospitable land mass , may wonder : why all the fuss ? why protect something so unpromising 至今仍有很多人認為這塊遙遠的大陸僅僅是一大片荒涼、寒冷、巖石林立、根本無法居住的土地。他們可能很奇怪:為什么如此小題大做?為什么要保護這樣一塊毫無前途的土地

Each winter , alone in the pitiless ice deserts of antarctica , deep in the most inhospitable terrain on earth , a truly remarkable journey takes place as it has done for millennia 灰色黏稠的海面上,一只只像是魚雷的企鵝在浮冰間探出頭來,它們一一登陸在覆蓋著整個南極的皚皚白雪上,世界上最艱困的旅程正在前方等著

In this lecture , master reveals an extraordinary method that can not only make us welcome among our neighbors but also influence these seemingly inhospitable individuals to become good friends 師父提供了絕佳的妙招,不僅可以讓我們自己成為更好的芳鄰,又能影響這些所謂不好的鄰居,轉變成為好鄰居。

The yankees made the bronx an inhospitable place for the flu - ravaged tigers to visit , beating detroit in three out of four games to help their own climb toward the top spots in the al east and al wild card 病大貓上次光臨洋基隊遭受無情的款待,擊敗老虎協助洋基隊在美聯東區跟外卡不斷向上攀升。

Rather an inhospitable question to put to a visitor ; but since you ask it , i answer simply to have a little talk with you ; i got tired of my mute books and empty rooms “這么問客人是不大客氣的。不過既然你問了,我就回答,純粹是想要同你聊一會兒。不會出聲的書,空空蕩蕩的房間,我都厭倦了。

Every indication on earth seems to show that , once life starts , it is awfully hard to keep down : the most inhospitable places are almost always found to harbour some kind of hardy organism 地球上的一切跡象都表明,生命一旦出現就將不可阻止:最嚴酷的環境也往往容納著某些堅毅的生命。

I had scarcely passed my twelfth birthday when i entered the inhospitable regions of examinations , through which for the next seven years i was destined to journey 當時我初遇考試的難熬時光(考試的荒涼境地) ,差點就撐不過我十二歲生日,從那之后我還整整經歷了七年命中注定的苦日子。

I had scarcely passed my twelfth birthday when i entered the inhospitable regions of examinations , through which for the next seven years i was destined to journey 我才剛過十二歲生日時就遭遇到考試的無情處境,也因此那接下來的七年,我開始了命中注定得過的苦日子。

Only a few brave cyclists have dared to ride along its inhospitable plateau and forge a passage through these mystic lands into kathmandu 只有少部分勇敢的騎行者挑戰沿著荒涼高原和穩定前進的通道通過這些神秘的陸地進入加德滿都。

Each winter , alone in the pitiless ice deserts of antarctica , deep in the most inhospitable terrain on earth , a truly remarkable journey takes place a . . 南極洲夏日將盡,海面平靜無波。皇帝企鵝以其優雅的泳姿在湛藍海洋中.

Researchers at the university of colorado at boulder and nasa conclude that mars has generally been cold , dry and inhospitable 美國科羅拉多大學波爾德分校與航太總署的研究人員斷定,火星大致上寒冷、乾燥、不適合居住。

The results may not have been there in new york , but so far , the yankees appear willing to chalk that up to inhospitable wintry conditions 結果也許不會站在洋基這邊,但是現在,洋基顯示出面對寒冷的天氣得分的決心。

What the devil is the matter ? ' he asked , eyeing me in a manner that i could ill endure after this inhospitable treatment “見什么鬼了? ”見我在他不友善的對待后,處于一種無法忍受的狀態下,他問道。