aggressive or unfriendly and ready to argue or fight 敌意的；敌对的 The speaker got a hostile reception from the audience. 演讲人遭到了听众喝倒彩。 - hostile to/towards somebody/something
She was openly hostile towards her parents. 她公然对抗她的父母。
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc1, Feelingsc1He was extremely hostile towards her. 他偏要跟她过不去。 The audience gave him a downright hostile reception. 观众对他表现出了强烈的反感。 The experience has made him generally hostile to women. 这段经历使他对所有女性都产生了敌意。 The press became uniformly hostile to the new administration. 新闻界开始一致反对新一届政府。 They were reluctant to take any step that might be regarded as hostile. 他们不愿意采取任何可能被视为怀有敌意的行动。 politically hostile newspapers 政治上敌对的报纸
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
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- feel
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strongly rejecting something 坚决否定；强烈反对 The proposals have provoked a hostile response from opposition parties. 这些提案激起了各反对党派的强烈不满。 - hostile to something
Many of the employees were hostile to the idea of change. 许多雇员强烈反对变革。 Many people were openly hostile to the idea. 很多人公开反对这一想法。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- feel
- …
- bitterly
- decidedly
- deeply
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- to
- towards/toward
making it difficult for something to happen or to be achieved 有阻碍的；不利的 hostile conditions for plants to grow in 不利于植物生长的环境
belonging to a military enemy 敌军的；敌人的 hostile territory 敌方领土
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business 商业 (of an offer to buy a company, etc. 收购公司等的要约 not wanted by the company that is to be bought 不受（被购公司）欢迎的；敌意的 a hostile takeover bid 出价敌意收购
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin hostilis, from hostis ‘stranger, enemy’.