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Unwelcome Things Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 英 ʌn'welkəm] 美 ʌn'welkəm Adj.不受欢迎的;讨厌的

英语单词 unwelcome
英美音标 英 [ʌn'welkəm] 美 [ʌn'welkəm]
中文释义 adj.不受欢迎的;讨厌的
英语例句 (1) He was plainly unwelcome.
(2) Irene smiled falsely at her unwelcome visitor.
中文例句 (1) 他显然不受欢迎。
(2) 爱伦对不受欢迎的访客虚情假意地微笑。
vocabulary简明 Things that are unwelcome are unpleasant or objectionable in some way. An unwelcome guest is one you didn't invite and you're not particularly happy to see.
vocabulary扩展 People are sometimes unwelcome, like your boring cousin who shows up unexpectedly for a long visit at the worst time. Things can also be unwelcome, like bad news or heckling from the audience during your stand-up comedy routine. Anything you don't wish for and don't appreciate can be described as unwelcome. Welcome has its roots in the Old English wilcuma, a friendly greeting and earlier "a welcome guest," from willa, "pleasure or choice," and cuma, "guest."
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不受欢迎的;不想要的;讨人嫌的 An unwelcome experience is one that you do not like and did not want.
  • The media has brought more unwelcome attention to the Royal Family...

    媒体对王室的过度关注令人反感。

  • A colleague made unwelcome sexual advances towards her.

    一个同事对她进行性骚扰。

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](访客)不受欢迎的 If you say that a visitor is unwelcome, you mean that you did not want them to come.
  • ...an unwelcome guest...

    不受欢迎的客人

  • She was, quite deliberately, making him feel unwelcome.

    她是有意让他觉得自己不受欢迎。

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