Word · Frequency #20975
unkindly
不友善地；刻薄地
In an unkind manner.
- 1.
In an unkind manner.
以不仁慈的方式；不友好地。
以不仁慈的方式；不友好地。；不仁慈地；不和善地；不体谅地；不客气地
In use
She spoke unkindly to the new student.
Please don't treat the animals unkindly.
He laughed unkindly at her mistake.
verb unkindly to someone
常用于表示对某人不友善的言语或行为。
She spoke unkindly to her younger brother.
她对她弟弟说话很不客气。
treat someone unkindly
强调对待方式刻薄。
The manager treated the new employee unkindly.
经理对新员工很不友善。
be unkindly treated
被动结构，描述受到不友善对待。
The old man felt he had been unkindly treated by his children.
老人觉得孩子们对他很不孝顺。
Common mistakes
She treats her students unkind.She treats her students unkindly.
动词后面应使用副词来修饰动作，而'unkind'是形容词。应将'unkind'改为副词'unkindly'。
His behavior is unkindly.His behavior is unkind.
系动词后面应跟形容词作表语，而'unkindly'是副词。应使用形容词'unkind'。
Connections
Collocations
- speak unkindly
- 说话不友善；刻薄地说
- Please do not speak unkindly to the staff.请别对员工说话不友善。
- treat someone unkindly
- 不友善地对待某人
- No one should treat the elderly unkindly.任何人都不应该不友善地对待老人。
- act unkindly
- 表现刻薄；行为不友善
- He acted unkindly toward the visiting team.他对客队表现得不友善。
- look unkindly at
- 不友善地看着
- The old man looked unkindly at the noisy children.老人不友善地看着吵闹的孩子们。
Synonyms
- cruelly
- 残忍地；残酷地 · 强调造成痛苦或伤害，语气比 unkindly 重，多用于具体残酷行为。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 kindly 想成微笑待人，前面加 un- 就像撕掉笑容，待人刻薄不友善。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常描述、书面文字 该词多用于描述不友好或不仁慈的行为，语气中性；在口语和书面语中都可能出现，使用范围较广。
Grammar Note
常用于描述不友善的行为或态度
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 unkindly 真正押韵的常见词有 kindly 和 blindly（元音和后面辅音相同，均为 /aɪndli/）。注意拼写相似的 unlikely /ʌnˈlaɪkli/ 和 unfriendly /ʌnˈfrendli/ 发音不同，不要混淆。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.