stand-offish

基本解释

• 疏遠的
• 冷淡的
• 傲慢的

同根派生

英汉例句

雙語例句

• He seems a bit stand-offish, but extends his hand.
  他看上去有些許的冷淡，不過還是伸出手來和你握手。
• But even before this week's scandal, some donors appeared stand-offish.
  但是，即便在本周的醜聞之前，一些捐助國也開始顯得疏遠。

權威例句

• 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.
  NPR: Barry and the Babe: Incomparable Performances

英英字典

柯林斯英英字典

• If you say that someone is standoffish, you mean that they behave in a formal and rather unfriendly way.