aggressive or unfriendly and ready to argue or fight 敵意的；敵對的 The speaker got a hostile reception from the audience. 演講人遭到了聽衆喝倒彩。 - hostile to/towards somebody/something
She was openly hostile towards her parents. 她公然對抗她的父母。
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc1, Feelingsc1He was extremely hostile towards her. 他偏要跟她過不去。 The audience gave him a downright hostile reception. 觀衆對他表現出了強烈的反感。 The experience has made him generally hostile to women. 這段經歷使他對所有女性都産生了敵意。 The press became uniformly hostile to the new administration. 新聞界開始一致反對新一屆政府。 They were reluctant to take any step that might be regarded as hostile. 他們不願意采取任何可能被視爲懷有敵意的行動。 politically hostile newspapers 政治上敵對的報紙
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- feel
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- bitterly
- decidedly
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strongly rejecting something 堅決否定；強烈反對 The proposals have provoked a hostile response from opposition parties. 這些提案激起了各反對黨派的強烈不滿。 - hostile to something
Many of the employees were hostile to the idea of change. 許多僱員強烈反對變革。 Many people were openly hostile to the idea. 很多人公開反對這一想法。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- feel
- …
- bitterly
- decidedly
- deeply
- …
- to
- towards/toward
making it difficult for something to happen or to be achieved 有阻礙的；不利的 hostile conditions for plants to grow in 不利於植物生長的環境
belonging to a military enemy 敵軍的；敵人的 hostile territory 敵方領土
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business 商業 (of an offer to buy a company, etc. 收購公司等的要約 not wanted by the company that is to be bought 不受（被購公司）歡迎的；敵意的 a hostile takeover bid 出價敵意收購
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin hostilis, from hostis ‘stranger, enemy’.