hostile

【发音】

美 /ˈhɑstl/ 英 /'hɒstaɪl/

【翻译】

1. adj. 敌方的， 不友善的

   英释:angry and deliberately unfriendly towards someone, and ready to argue with them

【记忆】

host(主人) ＋ ile → 鸿门宴的主人 → 不友善的

【短语】

1. hostile takeover : 恶性接收；敌意接管

【例句】

1. Southampton fans gave their former coach a hostile reception .

   南安普敦队的球迷对球队的前任教练很不友善。

2. Carr wouldn’t meet Feng’s stare, which was openly hostile .

   卡尔不愿意面对冯公然敌视的目光。

3. his hostile attitude

   他敌对的态度

【真题例句】

1. (2014.6 • CET6 • 第二套 • 听力题)...psychologist Debra Gold of the Duke Center for the study of aging and human development found that about 20% said they were hostile or indifferent to ward their sisters and brothers...

2. (2013.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...Native farmers were hostile towards the wheat programme because of serious crop losses from 1939 to 1941 due to stem rust...

【同、近义词】

1. adj.敌对的，敌方的；怀敌意的

   adverse/enemy/opposed/

2. n.敌对

   opposition/antagonism/

【同根词】

1. n

   hostility : 敌意；战争行动