Untoward
[ʌntə'wɔːd;ʌn'təʊəd] or [ʌn'tɔrd]
解釋/意思:
(prep.) Toward.
(a.) Froward; perverse.
(a.) Awkward; ungraceful.
(a.) Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky; unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident.
編輯:帕梅拉
解釋/意思:
adj. not easily guided: froward: awkward: inconvenient—also Untō′wardly.—n. Untō′wardliness.—adv. Untō′wardly.—n. Untō′wardness.
校對:路易斯
例句/造句/用法:
- I see myself baffled at every turn by their untoward effects. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- It was necessary to choose some less untoward hour than ten o'clock at night. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Her efforts in this line, however, were brought to an abrupt close by an untoward accident, which quenched her ardor. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- This eventwhich seemed so untoward--which I thought had ruined at once my chance of successful persuasion--proved my best help. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- With the true perspicacity _des ?mes élites_, he at once saw how this at first sight untoward event might be turned to excellent account. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He has a sullen, rebellious spirit; a violent temper; and an untoward, intractable disposition. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Here was a blow struck at her tender part, her weak sidehere was damage done to her intereSt. How, too, had the untoward event happened? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- She could hardly have made a more untoward choice. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
校對:路易斯