Inhospitable

(adj.) unfavorable to life or growth; 'the barren inhospitable desert'; 'inhospitable mountain areas' .

(adj.) not hospitable; 'they are extremely inhospitable these days'; 'her greeting was cold and inhospitable' .

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• If they knocked at my heart sometimes, an inhospitable bar to admission must be inwardly drawn. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Shirley, who could not be inhospitable, now called out the neglected pair in the oak parlour. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Leaving Madame Walravens' inhospitable salon, I betook myself to her cold staircase; there was a seat on the landing--there I waited. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• And now, my poor Watson, here we are, stranded and friendless in this inhospitable town, which we cannot leave without abandoning our case. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.

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