| 词汇 | churlish |
| 释义 | churlishWord family adjectivechurlishadverbchurlishlynounchurlchurlishness churl·ish /ˈtʃɜːlɪʃ $ ˈtʃɜːr-/ adjectiveadj BAD AT formal not polite or friendly 无礼的；不友好的 It seemed churlish to refuse his invitation. 拒绝他的邀请似乎有些失礼。 Examples from the Corpus churlish• Recollecting his churlish behaviour, Isabel wondered how she could be attracted to such a man even for a moment.• Is it not churlish that Labour Members have not welcomed any of those orders?• It would be churlish to complain about these gorgeous films.• It would be churlish to refuse you.• She was offering them cups of tea and it was churlish to refuse.• It felt churlish to tell him that I was in a hurry, that the coffee would have to be quick. (1300-1400) Old English ceorlic “of a churl”, from ceorl “churl, person of low class” |
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