| 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.
2 [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.
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