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be inhospitable to sb
表示对人冷淡、不好客，主语通常是人或群体。
The host was inhospitable to his guests.
主人对客人很冷淡。
冷淡的；不好客的；不友好的
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冷淡的；不好客的；不友好的
not friendly or welcoming to guests or strangers
The host was inhospitable to his guests.
主人对客人很冷淡。
多形容人的态度或待客方式
不好客的；不友好的。
Not inclined to hospitality; unfriendly.
不适合居住的；荒凉的；险恶的。
Not offering shelter; barren or forbidding.
The desert is so inhospitable that few plants can survive there.
这片沙漠太过恶劣，几乎没有植物能在那里生存。
Our hosts were inhospitable and left us waiting outside in the rain.
我们的主人待客冷淡，让我们在雨中等着。
The harsh mountain climate makes the region inhospitable to permanent settlement.
严酷的山地气候使该地区不宜永久定居。
表示对人冷淡、不好客，主语通常是人或群体。
The host was inhospitable to his guests.
主人对客人很冷淡。
表示某地或条件不利于某种活动或事物，介词 for 后可接名词或动名词。
This valley is inhospitable for agriculture.
这个山谷不适合农耕。
使用动词 find 的复合宾语结构（find + 宾语 + 形容词），表示对某地或环境的主观判断。
Many settlers found the region inhospitable.
许多定居者觉得这个地区不宜居住。
Not this
The island is inhospitable, but people can live there.
Use this
The island is uninhabited, but people can live there.
inhospitable 意为“不好客的、恶劣的”，并非“无人居住的”；表达“无人居住”应使用 uninhabited。
Not this
The host was very inhospitable with us.
Use this
The host was very inhospitable to us.
表示“对某人冷淡/不友好”时，固定搭配为 be inhospitable to somebody，介词用 to 而不是 with。
Not this
The inhospitable of the region made farming difficult.
Use this
The inhospitability of the region made farming difficult.
主语位置需要名词，inhospitable 是形容词，不能直接作主语；应改用名词 inhospitability（意为“不适宜居住、艰苦”）。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
恶劣的气候
The expedition faced an inhospitable climate of freezing winds and sudden storms.
探险队面临着寒风刺骨、暴风雪突袭的恶劣气候。
荒凉崎岖的地形
They crossed inhospitable terrain where no crops could grow.
他们穿过了寸草不生的荒凉地带。
不适宜居住的环境
The desert is an inhospitable environment for most animals.
沙漠对大多数动物来说是不适宜居住的环境。
荒凉地区
Little rain falls in that inhospitable region.
那个荒凉地区降雨极少。
艰苦恶劣的条件
The climbers endured inhospitable conditions at high altitude.
登山者在高海拔地区忍受着艰苦恶劣的条件。
对…不友好
The islanders were inhospitable to the shipwrecked sailors.
岛民对遭遇海难的水手很不友好。
恶劣的地形；不毛之地
The rescue team had to cross inhospitable terrain to reach the wounded hikers.
救援队不得不穿越恶劣的地形才能到达受伤的徒步者。
恶劣的气候；冷漠的氛围
The company's inhospitable climate made employees feel unwelcome.
公司冷漠的氛围让员工感到不受欢迎。
冷淡的接待
The delegates got an inhospitable reception at the border.
代表们在边境受到了冷淡的接待。
Use inhospitable naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记住 in- 表示“不”，hospitable 是好客；把客人冷落在门外，态度冷淡；荒野也不欢迎人居住，同样 inhospitable。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal description of a person's unfriendly manner、written description of a harsh or barren environment inhospitable 属于比较正式、书面的用词，多用于正式写作或文学描写；口语中形容人常说 unfriendly/unwelcoming，形容环境常说 harsh/barren。
作定语时多指地方或气候不宜居住/恶劣；作表语接 to 时指对人不友好，或对某事不利。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.