uncongenial
adjective uk/ˌʌn.kənˈdʒiː.ni.əl/ us/ˌʌn.kənˈdʒiː.ni.əl/
(人)意气不相投的,不友好的,令人不悦的
(of a person) not friendly and pleasant
Unfortunately I found him almost as uncongenial as his sister. 不幸的是,我发现他几乎和他姐姐一样令人生厌。
(活动或地方)不为人所喜爱的,讨厌的,不合意的
(of an activity or place) not enjoyable, acceptable, or welcoming
He found post-war college life uncongenial, and after two terms decided that it would be better to earn a living. 他觉得战后的大学生活不合他意,上了两个学期之后,决定还是谋生为好。
My liking for a bargain enables me to overlook uncongenial retail surroundings. 我对便宜货的喜爱让我能够忽视并不宜人的购物环境。
没有帮助的;不能带来成功的;不能营造积极环境的
not helpful; not likely to make something successful, or to provide the right conditions for something to happen or exist
In this period the religious climate proved uncongenial to such ideas. 在这一时期,宗教气氛被证明与这样的思想格格不入。
- More examples
- He proved himself a capable, if somewhat uncongenial, manager of men.
- If we find the rules of a particular activity uncongenial or impossible to keep, we can, at least in principle, contract out and play a different game.
- A career in commerce proved uncongenial, so he entered the General Baptist/Unitarian ministry.
- Space scientists theorise the existence of a virtually unlimited array of other planetary environments, almost all of which are uncongenial to human life.