Inconvenient
[ɪnkən'viːnɪənt] or [,ɪnkən'vinɪənt]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs; 'it is inconvenient not to have a telephone in the kitchen'; 'the back hall is an inconvenient place for the telephone' .
(adj.) not conveniently timed; 'an early departure is inconvenient for us' .
整理:温弗雷德--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Not becoming or suitable; unfit; inexpedient.
(a.) Not convenient; giving trouble, uneasiness, or annoyance; hindering progress or success; uncomfortable; disadvantageous; incommodious; inopportune; as, an inconvenient house, garment, arrangement, or time.
安吉莉娜整理
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Incommodious, troublesome, annoying, vexatious, disadvantageous.[2]. Cumbersome, cumbrous, unwieldy, awkward, unmanageable, unhandy.[3]. Unfit, unsuitable, unseasonable, inopportune, untimely.
校對:朗达
同義詞及反義詞:
[See CONVENIENT]
巴顿整理
解釋/意思:
adj. unsuitable: causing trouble or uneasiness: increasing difficulty: incommodious.—v.t. Inconven′ience to trouble or incommode.—ns. Inconven′ience Inconven′iency.—adv. Inconven′iently.
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例句/造句/用法:
- The twins testified their joy by several inconvenient but innocent demonstrations. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- This would generally be inconvenient to the rich, and much more so to the poor. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- It is a very inconvenient fault of mine. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It's inconvenient--and it comes expensive. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- It may be very inconvenient some years to spare a hundred, or even fifty pounds from our own expenses. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- And she IS an inconvenient woman. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Yes, _that_ is very inconvenient indeed, said Mr. Bertram. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- The neighbouring streets being narrow and ill-paved, it is a little inconvenient to walk there two abreast and arm in arm. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- One often finds it inconvenient, when traveling, to obtain hot water whenever needed. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Their buildings, although very rude and simple, are not inconvenient, but well contrived to defend them from all injuries of cold and heat. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- I expect several persons to call to-day, and it will be inconvenient to have the avenues to the house crowded. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- It is very inconvenient that you refuse to help my family even to the small extent of saying distinctly you will have nothing to do with us. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- It was very strange that he should come to Longbourn instead of to Lucas Lodge; it was also very inconvenient and exceedingly troublesome. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- That of the greater part of deeds of other kinds, is frequently inconvenient and even dangerous to individuals, without any advantage to the public. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- When those countries became commercial, the merchants found this prohibition, upon many occasions, extremely inconvenient. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- But it was inconvenient for ship or caravan transit. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Especially was this the case with out of door work, which heretofore had involved the carrying along of much unwieldy and inconvenient paraphernalia. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- A letter addressed to the Poste Restante in Paris within the fortnight would hinder him, if necessary, from arriving at an inconvenient moment. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It may be inconvenient, and he might let to somebody else besides us, you know. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- It doesn't matter if electricity is used for light or for power; while small motors, it is observed, can be used night or day, and small steam-engines are inconvenient. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- When the parting came he affected high spirits, to conceal certain inconvenient emotions which seemed inclined to assert themselves. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Glass plates are heavy and inconvenient to carry, so that celluloid films have almost entirely taken their place, at least for outdoor work. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- This is an inconvenient time-- I told you, you could come at any time. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- In those disorderly times, it might have been extremely inconvenient to have left them to seek this sort of justice from any other tribunal. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- This must be a most inconvenient sitting room for the evening, in summer; the windows are full west. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- It was an inconvenient and exacting institution, as requiring everything in the universe to be filed down and fitted to it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- It is very inconvenient to have no butcher in the street. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- It might possibly be inconvenient to me if you could find your way there again. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- If it be not inconvenient to you, pray let us go in, that I may prove myself to belong to the place, to be a true citizen of Highbury. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- The wise republic of Holland has, upon some occasions, been obliged to have recourse to taxes as inconvenient as the greater part of those of Spain. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
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