stand-offish
adj. 冷漠的;冷淡的;疏远的
If you say that someone is stand-offish, you mean that they behave in a formal and rather unfriendly way.
He can be quite stand-offish and rude, even to his friends.
他有时会很冷淡,很粗鲁,甚至对自己的朋友也是如此。
He can be quite stand-offish and rude, even to his friends.
他有时会很冷淡,很粗鲁,甚至对自己的朋友也是如此。
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.
People who seem stand - offish are in reality often simply nervous.
那些看上去泰然自若的人实际上往往是很紧张的.