词汇释义
untoward TEM8 GRE
UK /ˌʌn.təˈwɔːd/ US /ˌʌnˈtɔːrd/
adj, (formal) If you say that something untoward happens, you mean that something happens that is unexpected and causes difficulties. 横生枝节的，意外的
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外刊例句
1. The Treasury, focused on checking untoward activity and holding banks to account, is more cautious.(TheEconomist)
2. The price should be even lower — about 15 percent of list price — to avoid untoward strains on health care budgets, it said.(New York Times)
3. Paul Hudson, president of the traveler advocacy group FlyersRights, points to airlines’ reduction of new routes and resistance to cheap tickets as a sign of an untoward airline partnership.(Washington Post)
4. Anything untoward is marked for the attention of a handful of senior medics who patrol the area in green scrubs.(New York Times)
5.He escaped any further sanctions at the time as the officials who accompanied him did not see anything untoward.(The Guardian)
6. It is absolutely tipping down with rain in London, and I fear this may be something we repeat an untoward number of times.(The Guardian)
7. The Times interviewed 53 former students, current top competitors and professionals, some of whom defended Mr. Morris and said they saw nothing untoward.(New York Times)
8. There were a few minor stumbles but nothing untoward and Djokovic cut a relaxed, but focused, figure as he impressed the Champagne-popping country club crowd.(Reuters)
9. Yes, Vettel made a mistake, and Hamilton was obstructed as a result, but in regaining the track the German did nothing untoward.(The Guardian)
10. The 28-year-old, a senior police officer, said he paid the testers an unspecified amount of money via an electronic transfer and did not consider it untoward.(Reuters)
11. Evidence of untoward behavior by that country is going to draw strong reactions in a town still skeptical of Russia’s role in the presidential election.(The Guardian)
12. That apparently did not happen in Thursday night’s game, and the Steelers hinted on their website that there was something untoward about that.(Los Angeles Times)
词汇搭配
untoward behavior, strain | nothing, anything, something untoward
词汇家族
untowardliness, untowardly
词汇来源
1520s, "not having inclination" (to or for something), also "difficult to manage, unruly," from un- (1) "not" + toward (adj.).
近义词
adverse, unfortunate, untimely, awkward, inconvenient, inopportune, unfavorable, unfavourable, unanticipated, unexpected, surprising, unforeseen, unpredictable, unpredicted, unusual, inappropriate, inapt, inauspicious, incontrollable, infelicitous, intractable, refractory , uncontrollable, unlucky, unruly, unsuitable, willful
反义词
controllable, governable, manageable, tractable, appropriate, expected, timely, acceptable, auspicious, fortunate, lucky, pleasant, well-behaved, tactful, rulable, felicitous, fortuitous, opportune
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