disobliging [
`dɪsə'blaɪdʒɪŋ]
a. 不亲切的, 不体贴的, 薄情的
- But as to my self, having been wearied out for many years with offering vain, idle, visionary thoughts, and at length despairing of success, I fortunately fell upon this proposal, which as it is wholly new, so it hath something solid and real, of no expen
至于我本人,在提了多年空洞、切实际的意见,劳而无功之后,以为再无良策了,幸而想到这个建议,不但完全是新的,而且内容切实,化钱不多,费事不大,靠我们自力就可实行,因而不会冒得罪英格兰的风险。
disobliging[ adj ]
intentionally unaccommodating
<adj.all>
the action was not offensive to him but proved somewhat disobliging
Disoblige \Dis`o*blige"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disobliged}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Disobliging}.] [Pref. dis- + oblige: cf. F.
d['e]sobliger.]
1. To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to
offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to
displease; to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating
to.
Those . . . who slight and disoblige their friends,
shall infallibly come to know the value of them by
having none when they shall most need them. --South.
My plan has given offense to some gentlemen, whom it
would not be very safe to disoblige. --Addison.
2. To release from obligation. [Obs.]
Absolving and disobliging from a more general
command for some just and reasonable cause.
--Milton.
Disobliging \Dis`o*bli"ging\, a.
1. Not obliging; not disposed to do a favor; unaccommodating;
as, a disobliging person or act.
2. Displeasing; offensive. [Obs.] --Cov. of Tongue. --
{Dis`o*bli"ging*ly}, adv. -- {Dis`o*bli"ging*ness}, n.