Untoward

(prep.) Toward.

(a.) Froward; perverse.

(a.) Awkward; ungraceful.

(a.) Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky; unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident.

编辑:帕梅拉

• I see myself baffled at every turn by their untoward effects. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It was necessary to choose some less untoward hour than ten o'clock at night. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Her efforts in this line, however, were brought to an abrupt close by an untoward accident, which quenched her ardor. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• This eventwhich seemed so untoward--which I thought had ruined at once my chance of successful persuasion--proved my best help. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• With the true perspicacity _des ?mes élites_, he at once saw how this at first sight untoward event might be turned to excellent account. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He has a sullen, rebellious spirit; a violent temper; and an untoward, intractable disposition. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Here was a blow struck at her tender part, her weak sidehere was damage done to her intereSt. How, too, had the untoward event happened? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• She could hardly have made a more untoward choice. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.

校对:路易斯