| 单词 | unaccommodating |
| 例句 | She’s a spiky actress and an unaccommodating one, who prefers to needle audience members rather than oblige them. Review: ‘Hit the Body Alarm’ Finds Satan in a Jumpsuit 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z “Daddy’s Home,” for all of its world-building, is clear in the limits of its imagination, unaccommodating past the confines of its small screen. Review | St. Vincent gets trapped in ’70s revivalism on ‘Daddy’s Home’ 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z So very much of what happens in this production’s ephemeral pools of light feels uncannily like life itself, unaccommodating and bewildering, utterly familiar and gloriously inexplicable. Review: ‘Man From Nebraska’ Delivers a Midlife Crisis of Faith 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z My mind drifted toward more banal thoughts, such as whether modern politics is suspicious or unaccommodating of friendship, of the commitment to strangers that we assume as citizens. What Jacques Derrida Understood About Friendship 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Its single window provides a rectangular view of the hard edges and dismally cheery colors of the retail space — and the unaccommodating world — beyond. | 'A Bright New Boise': Father, Son and Secret Converge Amid Glue Guns 2010-09-21T22:00:00Z But for a nightly rate that equals a month’s rent in many places, the resort was unforgivably stingy and frustratingly unaccommodating in some ways, we found. In Hawaii, Surf, Sun and Snow 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z The dramedy stars the pair as friends in Los Angeles navigating unaccommodating colleagues and prickly relationships. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘This Close’ and ‘When We First Met’ 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z It was a period, he argued, marked by one-party rule and “insular, unaccommodating” attitudes that prevented constructive relationships with other Asian countries, much less a meaningful role in world affairs. Kenzaburo Oe, Nobel Laureate and Critic of Postwar Japan, Dies at 88 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z “Putin cannot reasonably expect Ukraine to meet the terms of this suddenly declared cease-fire and may have called for the cease-fire to frame Ukraine as unaccommodating and unwilling to take the necessary steps toward negotiations.” Kremlin-ordered truce is uncertain amid suspicion of motives 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Osaka, of course, added meaningfully to the discussion about athlete mental health, and resistance against unaccommodating sports governors, when she withdrew from the French Open this spring. Simone Biles and the Power of ‘No’ 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z Some of the professors and male students were boorish and unaccommodating, but Mrs. Williams was not deterred. Agnes Neill Williams, lawyer and widow of Edward Bennett Williams, dies at 89 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z Kamenar said that in battling the subpoena, Miller was not trying to be unaccommodating to investigators. Former Roger Stone aide Andrew Miller testifies to grand jury in Mueller probe spinoff 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z This unaccommodating working environment means that some female candidates struggle to balance childcare and political activism. Men 'still seen as the ideal MP' 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Only after weathering months of failed group therapy and ineffective medications, damaging misdiagnoses and an unaccommodating insurer, did she at last begin to find a sense of calm. ‘I want it to stop’ 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Harsh and unaccommodating immigration policies are impractical and inhumane. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z While I was pregnant I heard a lot of unsolicited scary pregnancy and birth stories that my forgetful “pregnancy brain” was very unaccommodating about deleting from my mind. Every Time I Take My Baby Outside Somebody Yells at Me 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Postal Service said Wednesday it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages six days a week, an apparent end-run around an unaccommodating Congress. U.S. Postal Service to end Saturday delivery 2013-02-06T20:54:45Z Disabled people live with an enormous amount of inconvenience, pain and humiliation from unaccommodating companies, government entities and individuals. Does Disneyland Discriminate Against the Disabled? 2012-07-23T12:00:34Z There we staid a few days at an unpretending, neat hotel, of small dimensions—not the chief hotel, where the mistress, we found, was unaccommodating and disobliging—a very rare thing in America. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z They fought in the breakers, they fought in the sand, and they fought on the smooth-worn basalt rocks of the nurseries; for they were just as stupid and unaccommodating as men. The jungle book 2011-05-02T02:00:19.467Z While maintaining his flat refusal to make any comment on the Gleeson situation, Maguire would seem to have been equally unaccommodating to any possibility that the former England centre could return. Depleted Wigan have no place for Martin Gleeson at Huddersfield 2011-03-17T18:12:00Z But the despotism of the Ras was light in comparison with the tyranny exercised by his unaccommodating train. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z This was not because he was unaccommodating, but a proof of superior manners. Canoeing in the wilderness 2011-01-19T03:00:23.683Z So when it came time to greet the actual inspector, Beth Torin, one of the first things I uttered to her had a slightly unaccommodating air about it: “Your presence in my home terrifies me.” Would the City Shut Down Your Kitchen? 2010-09-28T23:58:00Z "The software is so clunky, awkward and unaccommodating that we cannot foresee the system working adequately in a clinical context," the letter said. Where the NHS's software scheme went wrong 2010-03-21T20:04:00Z There was, indeed, along the banks of the Nith, the trace of the old Roman road; but this was obscure, in many places obliterated, and in all narrow and unaccommodating to wheel-carriages. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 The despotic arrangements enforced by the Ras el Káfilah, although doubtless materially conducive to his own personal convenience, and to that of his unaccommodating followers, were moreover far from enhancing the comfort of the Embassy. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z His manner was quick and unaccommodating, showing his vexation at his own want of sagacity, inferred by the successful flight of Robinson. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency However, there seemed no other way since the landlord had proved himself to be such an unaccommodating person. Penny Nichols and the Knob Hill Mystery The King seems to have had an idea that he might by his personal persuasion bring his unaccommodating wife to a more reasonable frame of mind. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History Their compartments are unaccommodating; these are fitted for the birds only, those only for fish. Toilers of the Sea They would not permit us to go in; and we, equally unaccommodating, would not let them out. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment "If you are so unaccommodating, I will look for some one else." Madge Morton's Trust To talk of the "accommodation" of words so eminently unaccommodating, is unreasonable, and even absurd. Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford His fair neighbour, judging from her movements, appeared in a mood the most unquiet and unaccommodating. Shirley "In spite of his relative calm, the attitude of the minister was throughout unaccommodating and hostile." The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers It was owing to the unaccommodating disposition of our commander, Mr. Osmore. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. St. Paul to you may be infallible, But Science is so unaccommodating, If not irreverent, she'll not accept His ipse dixit as an axiom. The Woman Who Dared The long cane sofa and the recumbent baby are the two unaccommodating lines for which the mother's figure was especially posed. Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures To one used to the fast first-class American trains, this French train seemed exceedingly slow, unaccommodating and tiresome. In the Flash Ranging Service Observations of an American Soldier During His Service With the A.E.F. in France It remains to be seen whether the MSS. will prove somewhat less unaccommodating. The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark First let me say, however, that after subduing to his wants in marvelously quick time this unruly and unaccommodating servant of stenography, what he most desired was still not open to him. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete He smoked, read his paper, and investigated in an unaccommodating spirit all that St. Moritz provided; but he didn't have to talk. The Dark Tower You are not usually unaccommodating, and though you may consider you are wasting your valuable time to spend any of it with girls, you won’t count Tory and Ouida and me with the others?” The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest I declare, I never saw such unaccommodating people. Behind the Scenes or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House Why—I—you see, Cousin Alethea—Shipton's a close dog—and the most unaccommodating fellow that ever lived when it comes to money. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills They deliver their goods in a hearse, employ surly, unaccommodating clerks. Pushing to the Front He was by nature strong and robust, and his experience made him unaccommodating and self- asserting. How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success They are noisy, vicious, unaccommodating and aggravating to a degree. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 The editor of the magazine published by the Body to which I belonged was a very disagreeable man, and to me he was more unaccommodating and offensive than to others. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story Let no one have occasion to say that you are stubborn and unaccommodating. The Child at Home The Principles of Filial Duty, Familiarly Illustrated The suggestions of prudence had shown him the danger of substituting for the ignorant, infatuated, and feeble Turkey, an active, powerful, and unaccommodating neighbour. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 It would not renounce, in terms or words, the very things which it did renounce in deeds, and never could prevail upon itself to get over this unaccommodating spirit! The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic There is nothing less poetical than this sort of unaccommodating selfishness. Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution The price was high, the coach inconvenient, and the cochero unaccommodating. In Indian Mexico (1908) Luis de Leon was, as a rule, so unaccommodating that some of his judges may have begun to think they understood why he was not universally popular with members of his own order. Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment Dickens introduces him to us in all his uncompromising squareness—"square coat, square legs, square shoulders, nay, his very neckcloth is trained to take him by the throat with an unaccommodating grasp." Humanly Speaking How different this from the unaccommodating purity of the Gospel! Evidence of Christianity A day of intense heat was as usual followed by a heavy fall of rain, which, owing to the unaccommodating arrangement of striking the tents at sunset, thoroughly drenched the whole party. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 The Mexico was just as dirty, the food was just as bad, and the crew just as unaccommodating, as in 1896, when we had our first experience of her. In Indian Mexico (1908) On the other hand if he was obstinate and unaccommodating he obtained nothing. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life "But won't you tell me why you ask me to be so exceedingly unaccommodating, Miss Moore?" The Automobile Girls at Washington Checkmating the Plots of Foreign Spies They are trying to kill the British on our side and we are trying to kill them; and they are as coyly unaccommodating about putting up their heads as we are. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form Letter number three was invariably a brief philippic in which I would consign the unaccommodating doctor to oblivion. A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography You represented him as refusing you his knife because he was unaccommodating and selfish, whereas it was only proper regard to the safety of his property. Marco Paul's Voyages and Travels; Vermont "The most unaccommodating politician need not absolutely want friends." The Grammar of English Grammars I do hereby solemnly swear to be, for the rest of this day, the most unaccommodating young person in the whole world. The Automobile Girls at Washington Checkmating the Plots of Foreign Spies On the whole, I can imagine the world rubbing along very well with marriage as unaccommodating as a perfected steel trap. An Englishman Looks at the World I will not deny, but I have no unaccommodating prejudiced habits. Little Dorrit Our language and our religion were against us; our unaccommodating manners, it is to be feared, still more so. The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson A countenance of special discontent and amazement Mr Wegg exhibited in this position, with his buttons almost as prominently on view as Sloppy's own, and with his wooden leg in a highly unaccommodating state. Our Mutual Friend I don't want to seem inhospitable or unaccommodating, Mr. Burns," she told him, "but I fear that I must take these cattle back home with me. Jean of the Lazy A They fought in the breakers, they fought in the sand, and they fought on the smooth-worn basalt rocks of the nurseries, for they were just as stupid and unaccommodating as men. The Jungle Book Every lady must doubtless be incommoded by having to do with that proverbially unaccommodating animal, the mule. Little Dorrit "Well, I hope we may get on better in time," said Caroline, taking up a book, and settling herself in a most luxurious attitude in spite of the unaccommodating furniture of the schoolroom. The Two Guardians or, Home in This World Thus, by her unaccommodating temper, and the obstinacy of her manifold virtues, she succeeded in alienating the affections of her husband. Tales and Novels — Volume 05 Where is that simplicity, where that undisguised attachment to virtue and integrity, where that unaccommodating system of moral truth, that used to live in the bosom of my friend? Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian In the first, your example, is of little consequence; in a single instance only, it ceases to operate as example; and my refusal would have been imputed to affectation, or an unaccommodating spirit. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey In the first, your example is of little consequence; in a single instance only, it ceases to operate as example; and my refusal would have been imputed to affectation, or an unaccommodating spirit. Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. And yet I've fancied that in my case the unaccommodating organ we speak of might be blinded and gagged a while, in a really good cause, if not turned out of doors. Madame De Mauves Fairfax, though called a Presbyterian, had nothing of that stern, unaccommodating character which then marked the leaders of the party. The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of King George the Fifth Volume 8 It did not become me, who had aimed at the character of unaccommodating virtue, to appear in defence of an action that my heart disallowed. Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian "The unaccommodating attitude of the Greek Government was sufficient excuse," he remarks, in reference to the Boycott of 1912. Turkey: a Past and a Future After a desperate struggle, I succeeded, to my great joy, in securing a bed for myself, not, however, without undergoing a severe objurgation from the landlady, who could not understand such unaccommodating selfishness. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 268, August 11, 1827 He was perfectly aware that deception, if detected, might prove dangerous; and, for one of his pursuits and character, he was strongly troubled with an unaccommodating regard for the truth. The Prairie But time, always unaccommodating, refused to wait for them, and six o'clock came far too soon, and brought the doctor in its train. Half a Dozen Girls The churches of Venice are rich in pictures, and many a masterpiece lurks in the unaccommodating gloom of side-chapels and sacristies. Italian Hours I knew what an unaccommodating animal you were, so I made you smuggle whether or not. Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures Howe'er the husband, doubting tricks were played; Got troublesome; his wife would much upbraid When she returned, and often beat her too; In short,—he unaccommodating grew. Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Complete The retirement of Andy, cross and unaccommodating as he had become, was felt, in many homes, to be a public calamity. After a Shadow and Other Stories "This is magnificent!" cries Mrs. Challoner, who, with her family, had travelled a great deal, and was quite accustomed to hurricanes and other inconveniences caused by the unaccommodating behaviour of the elements. A Romance of Two Worlds Others there are who, passable in appearance when clad in their ordinary garments, reach the very acme of plebeianism when they clothe themselves in the unaccommodating evening-dress. Vendetta: a story of one forgotten I seem rather unaccommodating, but I have some experience of life, and know how one thing leads to another. Howards End I seem rather unaccommodating, but I have some experience of life, and know how one thing leads to another.� Howards End From the moment, however, that both the ladies were so unaccommodating, there was nothing for Osmond but to wish the lady from New York would take herself off. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 A wild scramble was heard in Jack's room, and a steady tramp in the other as Frank worked away at the stiff collar and the unaccommodating button till every finger ached. Jack and Jill The other, Sibthorpe, stayed to the last, not expressing remorse like Shaw, but glorying in the unaccommodating temper he showed and in the delay which he produced. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 He was by nature strong and robust, and his experience made him unaccommodating and self-asserting. Character The bereaved husband, yielding to a new attachment and a new response, and finding a new union thus prescribed, had yet been forced to reckon with the unaccommodating law of the land. Some Short Stories [by Henry James] Fronting him, sixthly and lastly, was situated a singularly stiff-looking personage, who, being afflicted with paralysis, must, to speak seriously, have felt very ill at ease in his unaccommodating habiliments. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 He had a chirping, buoyant disposition, always enjoying the present moment; and his frequent change of scene and company prevented his acquiring those rusty, unaccommodating habits with which old bachelors are so uncharitably charged. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon But his haughty and unaccommodating temper had given so much disgust that he had been forced to retire. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 |
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