standoffish
pronunciation
UK ['stænd'ɔ:fɪʃ]
US [stændˈɔfɪʃ, -ˈɑfɪʃ]
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- adj.
- <非正>冷淡的,冷漠的
Word Origin
Example
- 1. The previously standoffish imf co-operates with the european commission , national governments and the banks .
- 之前态度冷淡的国际货币基金组织现已与欧洲委员会,国家政府和银行展开合作。
- 2. Unlike standoffish berliners , ordinary folk in dortmund joined the party .
- 与冷漠的柏林人不同,dortmund的普通百姓也加入到游行中。
- 3. The elder president bush reveals that elizabeth ii is " rather formal " but not " standoffish " .
- 老布什总统透露,伊丽莎白二世“非常遵守礼节”但又不“冷淡”。
- 4. If he is standoffish in public , he can still enjoy the mothering he secretly still craves in the privacy of home .
- 如果他在公共场所冷淡,在家里的私密空间里他仍暗暗渴望享受慈母的照料。
- 5. Blacksburg , va. ( ap ) -- a virginia tech graduate student accused of beheading a fellow student displayed erratic and standoffish behavior in the months before the attack on campus this week , his landlord said friday .
- 弗吉尼亚州布莱克斯堡(ap)--一名弗州理工学生被控将其同学斩首,周五房东称其最近数月表现不稳定,行为冷淡。
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