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inclemency
noun[ C or U ]
formaluk /ɪnˈklem.ən.si/ us /ɪnˈklem.ən.si/
the quality in weather of being unpleasant, especially with cold wind and rain: 恶劣天气
inclemency of the weatherThe house offered a little protection from the inclemency of the weather.这所房子在恶劣的天气里提供了一点保护。
Related word
clemency(WEATHER)formal
Owing to the inclemency of the weather the audience was very small.
Men were forced to stand for hours and days at a time, exposed to the inclemencies of the weather as well as to the jeers and taunts of their fellows.
We can create beautiful gardens, despite the inclemency of our seasons.
They return famished with hunger, exposed to the inclemencies of the sky.
Given the inclemency of our climate, most people would consider nut farming a lost cause.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Describing bad weather
bleakly
bleakness
broke
depression
dreich
fickle
fickleness
hostile
inclement
murk
murky
rough
sock
sock something/someone in (with sb)
sunless
threatening
treacherously
unflyable
ungenial
unseasonable
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