Hospitable
[hɒ'spɪtəb(ə)l;'hɒspɪt-] or [hɑ'spɪtəbl]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) favorable to life and growth; 'soil sufficiently hospitable for forest growth'; 'a hospitable environment' .
(adj.) disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity; 'a good-natured and hospitable man'; 'a hospitable act'; 'hospitable invitations' .
(adj.) having an open mind; 'hospitable to new ideas'; 'open to suggestions' .
編輯:沃尔夫冈--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospitality.
(a.) Proceeding from or indicating kindness and generosity to guests and strangers; as, hospitable rites.
伊万杰琳校對
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Kind or attentive to strangers.[2]. Generous, liberal, bountiful.
編輯:迈尔斯
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Sociable, neighborly, charitable
ANT:Unsociable, exclusive, retired, unneighborly, churlish, recluse
錄入:罗莎莉
解釋/意思:
adj. entertaining strangers and guests kindly and without reward: showing kindness: generous: bountiful.—n. Hos′pitableness.—adv. Hos′pitably.—n. Hospital′ity the practice of one who is hospitable; friendly welcome and entertainment of guests—(Spens.) Hos′pitāge.
編輯:诺拉
例句/造句/用法:
- Mr. Bounderby looked more astonished than hospitable, at sight of this uninvited party in his dining-room. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- The guests bowed deeply to the mourning parent, and withdrew from their hospitable guide. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Pious to guard the hospitable rite, And fearing Jove, whom mercy's works delight. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Christians upon a journey were always sure of a warm welcome and hospitable entertainment from their fellow-disciples. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Jo smothered a laugh at the sudden change, and when someone gave a modest tap, opened the door with a grim aspect which was anything but hospitable. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- He passed for an Englishman, was agreeable, handsome, ill-tempered, hospitable and witty. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- To the servant who brought it he gave hospitable orders for the refreshment of the men in the kitchen. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Take a seat by the fire,' were her hospitable words when she had got him in; 'men of your calling are always welcome here. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Mr. Peggotty and Ham knew what was in my thoughts as well as I did, and were ready with some supper and their hospitable faces to drive it away. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- His very clothes seemed to partake of the hospitable nature of the wearer. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- A recognition of what an incubus it is should make us hospitable to all those devices which aim at making politics responsive by disturbing the alignments of habit. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The Arab conquerors, however, s howed themselves singularly hospitable to the culture of the n ations over which they had gained control. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Mrs. Thornton gave Mr. Bell her formal, hospitable welcome. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Don't you be at all put out, miss, by the want of a hospitable look from Mrs. Snagsby there, because she's under a mistake altogether. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Miss Keeldar's frank, hospitable manners were perfectly charming to him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Welcome,' said their hospitable host, throwing it open and stepping forward to announce them, 'welcome, gentlemen, to Manor Farm. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- For Jove unfolds the hospitable door, 'Tis Jove that sends the strangers and the poor. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- They tried to persuade him to take them to some more hospitable coast near enough to civilization so that they might hope to fall into friendly hands. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- She was the most hospitable and jovial of old vestals, and had been a beauty in her day, she said. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- It gives an interest in the applications of knowledge, offers a clue to the complex civilization of the present, and renders the mind hospitable to new discoveries and inventions. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- I would never marry after threescore, but live in a hospitable manner, yet still on the saving side. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- The door of the inn stood wide open, but there was no hospitable hurry to receive the travellers. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- I had lit their candles to go upstairs, but Diana had first to give hospitable orders respecting the driver; this done, both followed me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- They are simple, kind-hearted, hospitable people, and she has known them from her childhood. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Mrs. Rouncewell is full of hospitable cares, for Sir Leicester and my Lady are coming home from Paris. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- It looks hospitable, and I want the poor child to have a good time after all her trouble, said Mrs. March, suiting the action to the word. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Above all, he was known to be liberal and hospitable, and believed to be good-natured. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- We staid at this great convent all night, guests of the hospitable priests. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Never had visitors a more hospitable reception. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Remember,' said Mr. Pickwick, with beaming eyes, 'we met her at our excellent and hospitable friend's, Winkle. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
編輯:诺拉