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单词 hospitality
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Definition of hospitality in English:

hospitality

noun hɒspɪˈtalɪtiˌhɑspəˈtælədi
mass noun
  • 1The friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers.

    Scotland is renowned for its hospitality
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Still I was a little bit worried that I had been reckless to accept hospitality from a complete stranger.
    • Even in an age of mass tourism, many Cypriots still regard visitors as honoured guests and offer hospitality to total strangers.
    • You share abundance and hospitality with friends and family.
    • The committee would like to thank Tommy Bohan once again for his generous sponsorship and hospitality.
    • As an Irishman, I wonder whether our reputation for friendliness and hospitality can survive the way we treat tourists.
    • They also promise a commitment ‘to hospitality which makes our guests feel like kings’.
    • A party of French rugby players have been enjoying Leigh's generous hospitality on their Easter tour.
    • His generosity and hospitality will be forever remembered by his neighbors and the many friends he made over the years.
    • The generosity and hospitality to people of every nation was greatly appreciated.
    • They were high in their praise of the Management of the Centre for the generous hospitality shown to them during their visit.
    • On the ground she was fêted with lavish hospitality by friends waiting at every far-flung airfield to whisk her off to a celebratory feast.
    • The majority of the cabin crew and restaurant staff are from Goa, a place renowned for its friendliness and hospitality.
    • Both were spellbound by the courtesy, hospitality, helpfulness and friendliness of the African people.
    • Egyptians are very friendly people, and even the poorest person will show hospitality to a stranger.
    • Bishop Ward, who was bishop of Salisbury in the late 17th century, had a reputation for hospitality towards his guests.
    • Generous hospitality was given to the Bury representatives both by the Regional Council of Limousin and by the town in Tulle.
    • You extend love, care and hospitality to family, friends and loved ones.
    • The fundamental test of justice is one of hospitality to the stranger.
    • China's hospitality accorded to guests, foreign and local, is legendary.
    • On a day's journey off the beaten track one might meet very few people, but their hospitality was spontaneous and generous.
    Synonyms
    friendliness, hospitableness, welcome, warm reception, helpfulness, neighbourliness, warmth, warm-heartedness, kindness, kind-heartedness, congeniality, geniality, sociability, conviviality, cordiality, amicability, amenability, generosity, liberality, bountifulness, open-handedness
    1. 1.1as modifier Relating to or denoting the business of entertaining clients, conference delegates, or other official visitors.
      the BBC's hospitality suite
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He urged the hospitality industry to serve more traditional foods to visitors and tourists for them to have a real taste of Zambia.
      • A rally was organised by various business houses in the hospitality industry.
      • He has been working in the hospitality business for the past 26 years and has traveled around the world.
      • This was probably one of the reasons that both brothers ended up in the hospitality business.
      • I work in the hospitality industry and have to entertain clients a lot.
      • Michels, regarded as one of the leading lights of the hospitality industry, is unlikely to quit the sector and is expected to set up a new hotel venture soon.
      • It gives them the skills to work in the hospitality industry.
      • And those of us in the hospitality business can be thankful for the way in which we get to make our living.
      • But it's the subject of the hospitality industry and the Scottish workforce that really ignites Rissmann's passion.
      • He said 80 percent of them were now employed within the hospitality sector and various business houses.
      • He has spent about 20 years in the hospitality industry and now relishes his position in Shanghai's newest hotel.
      • In 1985 Kieran and his wife Thelma settled in West Mayo and began life in the hospitality industry.
      • Opponents claim the move will cost tens of thousands of jobs in the hospitality industry and voluntary no-smoking areas in bars are the answer.
      • But a ban will be a disaster for the hospitality industry.
      • The aim was to expose the organisation's workforce to the latest trends and advances in the hospitality industry.
      • For years Paul had worked in the hospitality business working mainly in bars that had loud music.
      • Oh, and the hospitality industry squeals that their profits will take a nose-dive if bans on smoking in public places are introduced.
      • The cheaper end of the hospitality industry includes a disproportionate number of lifestylers who offer bed and breakfast to make some pocket money.
      • Licensing trust members are elected under the Sale of Liquor Act to operate businesses in the hospitality industry.
      • I love the hospitality industry, there's so much opportunity to move in your job and every day's different.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French hospitalite, from Latin hospitalitas, from hospitalis 'hospitable' (see hospital).

 
 

Definition of hospitality in US English:

hospitality

nounˌhäspəˈtalədēˌhɑspəˈtælədi
  • The friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On a day's journey off the beaten track one might meet very few people, but their hospitality was spontaneous and generous.
    • You extend love, care and hospitality to family, friends and loved ones.
    • The majority of the cabin crew and restaurant staff are from Goa, a place renowned for its friendliness and hospitality.
    • Egyptians are very friendly people, and even the poorest person will show hospitality to a stranger.
    • As an Irishman, I wonder whether our reputation for friendliness and hospitality can survive the way we treat tourists.
    • You share abundance and hospitality with friends and family.
    • China's hospitality accorded to guests, foreign and local, is legendary.
    • They were high in their praise of the Management of the Centre for the generous hospitality shown to them during their visit.
    • Even in an age of mass tourism, many Cypriots still regard visitors as honoured guests and offer hospitality to total strangers.
    • His generosity and hospitality will be forever remembered by his neighbors and the many friends he made over the years.
    • A party of French rugby players have been enjoying Leigh's generous hospitality on their Easter tour.
    • The committee would like to thank Tommy Bohan once again for his generous sponsorship and hospitality.
    • On the ground she was fêted with lavish hospitality by friends waiting at every far-flung airfield to whisk her off to a celebratory feast.
    • Generous hospitality was given to the Bury representatives both by the Regional Council of Limousin and by the town in Tulle.
    • The fundamental test of justice is one of hospitality to the stranger.
    • Both were spellbound by the courtesy, hospitality, helpfulness and friendliness of the African people.
    • Bishop Ward, who was bishop of Salisbury in the late 17th century, had a reputation for hospitality towards his guests.
    • The generosity and hospitality to people of every nation was greatly appreciated.
    • They also promise a commitment ‘to hospitality which makes our guests feel like kings’.
    • Still I was a little bit worried that I had been reckless to accept hospitality from a complete stranger.
    Synonyms
    friendliness, hospitableness, welcome, warm reception, helpfulness, neighbourliness, warmth, warm-heartedness, kindness, kind-heartedness, congeniality, geniality, sociability, conviviality, cordiality, amicability, amenability, generosity, liberality, bountifulness, open-handedness
adjectiveˌhäspəˈtalədēˌhɑspəˈtælədi
  • Relating to or denoting the business of housing or entertaining visitors.

    the hospitality industry

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French hospitalite, from Latin hospitalitas, from hospitalis ‘hospitable’ (see hospital).

 
 
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