stand-offish
基本解释
- 疏远的
- 冷淡的
- 傲慢的
英汉例句
- He seems a bit stand-offish, but extends his hand.
他看上去有些许的冷淡,不过还是伸出手来和你握手。 - But even before this week's scandal, some donors appeared stand-offish.
但是,即便在本周的丑闻之前,一些捐助国也开始显得疏远。 - Novell's somewhat stand-offish attitude to the Internet has done it no favours with the current generation of Internet-centric customers.
ECONOMIST: Novell - Prince Hassan, more intellectual and in many ways more gifted than his brother, is stand-offish and does not inspire nearly as much public affection.
ECONOMIST: How indispensable is King Hussein? - His reputation among the scribbling classes suffered from his surly moods and stand-offish behavior long before the specter of steroids arrived to haunt the game.
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双语例句
权威例句
英英字典
- If you say that someone is standoffish, you mean that they behave in a formal and rather unfriendly way.