inhospitable

adj.

1. 不适于居住的；（尤指）无遮蔽处的，荒凉的
   difficult to stay or live in, especially because there is no shelter from the weather
   1. inhospitable terrain
      荒凉地带
   2. an inhospitable climate
      不宜人的气候
2. 不殷勤待客的；不好客的
   not giving a friendly or polite welcome to guests

1. ADJ-GRADED (地方等)不适合居住的
   An inhospitable place is unpleasant to live in.
   1. ...the earth's most inhospitable regions.
      地球上最不适合居住的地区
   2. ...the island's inhospitable climate.
      岛上不适合居住的气候
2. 不好客的;不友好的
   If someone is inhospitable, they do not make people welcome when they visit.

1. That's probably the most bare, bleak, barren and inhospitable island I've ever seen.
   那可能是我见过的最荒凉的岛屿，荒无人烟，寸草不生。
2. These so-called dry valleys are some of the most inhospitable places on Earth.
   这些所谓的干旱河谷是地球上十分荒凉的地方。
3. Even before the Dutch and Spanish actions, Uber was finding the terrain inhospitable.
   甚至在荷兰及西班牙采取举措之前，Uber就发现该地区不太友好。
4. Few artists, Mr Bail demonstrates, can have enjoyed such poverty in such inhospitable surroundings.
   生活如此贫穷，居住条件如此恶劣，很少有艺术家能够乐享其中。鲍尔在传记中证明了这点。
5. But the English are so inhospitable that these letters are hardly worth the paper they are written on.
   但英国人素来就太淡漠了，这些信写是写了，可连张废纸都不如。
6. I don't like to be inhospitable, but I've got an awful lot to do.
   我不想怠慢你们，但我手头实在有好多好多事要做。
7. Despite these challenges, some plants and animals are able to adapt to Death Valley's inhospitable climate.
   尽管这些挑战，一些植物和动物都能够适应死谷的不友好的气候。
8. I'll have to cook them a meal or they'll think I'm inhospitable.
   我得给他们做顿饭，否则他们会认为我不好客。
9. Only a few brave cyclists have dared to ride along its inhospitable plateau and forge a passage through these mystic lands into kathmandu.
   只有少部分勇敢的骑行者挑战沿着荒凉高原和稳定前进的通道通过这些神秘的陆地进入加德满都。
10. The barren inhospitable dessert; inhospitable mountain areas.
    光秃秃的荒凉沙漠；不适合居住的山区。
11. Another is a thick atmosphere to drive a greenhouse effect, which renders Venus an inhospitable hot house.
    另一种可能是厚厚的大气层带来的温室效应，这种温室效应使得金星变成了一个大火炉。
12. It was very inhospitable of them not even to offer us a cup of coffee.
    他们甚至一杯咖啡也不给我们喝，真的实在是非常冷酷无情。
13. Within two years they had tamed this inhospitable landscape.
    两年之内他们已经开垦了这片荒凉的土地。
14. But just because mainstream banking seems inhospitable to the poor does not mean it has to be.
    虽然主流银行业看起来对贫困人群漠不关心，但是并不代表银行业就应该只为富裕人群服务。
15. During the last decades men have invaded the once inhospitable deserts.
    在过去的几十年中，人们成群结队来到曾是一片荒凉的沙漠地带。
16. They are slow-growing but can colonize areas too inhospitable for other plants.
    地衣生长缓慢，可在其它植物不能生长的地方生存。
17. They also resented and were inhospitable to outsiders, and there was an aura of sadness and despair in the atmosphere.
    他们还对外来者感到愤慨与冷澹，而且在空气中有着一股悲伤与绝望的气氛。
18. You have to be hardy to live in such an inhospitable place.
    在如此荒凉的地方居住，你得学会吃苦耐劳。
19. And the controversy surrounding its safety and socioeconomic impact has created an inhospitable climate for foods and food ingredients produced by the new technologies.
    并且争论围绕安全性和对社会经济的冲击而展开，这对于此种新技术在食品和食品原料生产的应用创造了不利的气氛。
20. At the time, the north was very inhospitable, being cold and damp and covered in forests.
    那个时候，北方的天气非常恶劣，寒风凛冽并且到处都被森林覆盖。
21. It is inhospitable of you not to offer her a drink.
    你未给她饮品是待客不周。
22. The once inhospitable landscape is now tamed.
    那曾经荒凉的土地现在已经被开垦出来了。
23. The place is a wilderness, the land barren and inhospitable.
    那地方是个荒野，贫瘠而荒凉。
24. This was a region of early settlement with relatively inhospitable conditions for agriculture.
    这是初期殖民的地区，农业条件并非优良。
25. They are extremely inhospitable these days; her greeting was cold and inhospitable.
    现在他们非常冷淡；她的问候冷淡、不好客。
26. What brings you to these inhospitable waters?
    你为什么要到这些荒凉的水域？
27. You're never afraid of a challenge and you see beauty even in the most inhospitable environments.
    你从来不会害怕挑战，哪怕在最荒凉的环境里你也能看到美好的东西。
28. The barren, inhospitable desert.
    那片贫瘠的、荒凉的沙漠。

adj

1. unfavorable to life or growth
   1. the barren inhospitable desert
   2. inhospitable mountain areas

2. not hospitable
   1. they are extremely inhospitable these days
   2. her greeting was cold and inhospitable