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adj.暴躁的³⁸;任性的⁴⁶;难以取悦的¹⁶名词petulanceor副词petulantly名词petulance
急躁愤怒易怒
Adjective:
easily irritated or annoyed;an incorrigibly fractious young man not the least nettlesome of his countrymen 来自拉丁语petere,祈求，要求，词源同appetite,feather.引申词义过分的，无礼的，不谦虚的。现词义可能是受pettish影响。GRE红宝书petv 拥抱; 发脾气, ulant－易怒的pet宠物, ul, ant蚂蚁: 你家的宠物见到蚂蚁就会打斗－易怒的读: petu烂踢－宠物烂踢－易怒的
pet + 音：吐，宠物吐，给宠物吃好吃的，它吐出来不吃发脾气；近于pettish 及peevish 易怒的,暴躁的
来自pet不高兴+ula nt→非常不高兴→暴躁的GRE难词记忆petulant→petul=pet 生气+ant→容易生气的→脾气坏的词根记忆pet不高兴+ ulant多…的→ 非常不高兴 ⇒暴躁的词根记忆pet+ulant多…的=追求太多,导致脾气不好近义词 acid酸angry生气的testy易怒的sulky生气的moody易怒的huffy愤怒的techy易怒的peckish饿的crabby执拗的sullen愠怒的touchy易怒的snappy干脆的tetchy易怒的cranky怪癖的peevish易怒的fretful烦燥的pettish易怒的scratchy潦草的irritable易怒的grouchy不高兴的querulous抱怨的grumpy性情乖戾的contentious好辩的snappish脾气暴躁的fractious脾气不好的cantankerous脾气坏的ill-tempered坏脾气的nettlesome令人激恼的acidulous多少带酸味的…bad-tempered脾气不好的
Ppetulantlyad.任性地脾气坏地
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用作形容词They were incredulous andpetulant.他们不肯轻信，脾气暴躁。
He behaved like apetulantchild and refused to cooperate.他像个任性的孩子，拒不合作。adj.crabby, moody
同义词 cranky,fractious,impatient,irritable,perverse,sullen,testy,whinybad-tempered,captious,caviling,complaining,cross,crybaby,displeased,fault-finding,fretful,grouchy,grumbling,huffy,ill-humored,mean,peevish,pouting,querulous,snappish,sour,sulky,touchy,ungracious,uptight,waspish,whining
反义词 agreeable,cheerful,happy,nice,patient,willinggood-natured,pleasant
acrimoniousadjective nasty in behavior, speech
acerbic,acid,angry,astringent,belligerent,biting,bitter,caustic,censorious,churlish,crabby,cranky,cross,cutting,indignant,irascible,irate,ireful,mad,mordant,peevish,rancorous,sarcastic,sharp,spiteful,splenetic,tart,testy,trenchant,wrathful
cantankerousadjective difficult, crabby
bad-tempered,bearish,bloody-minded,captious,choleric,contrary,cranky,critical,cross,crotchety,crusty,disagreeable,dour,grouchy,grumpy,huffy,ill-humored,ill-natured,irascible,irritable,morose,obstinate,ornery,peevish,perverse,petulant,prickly,quarrelsome,snappish,sour,stubborn,testy,vinegarish,vinegary
captiousadjective very critical
acrimonious,cantankerous,carping,caviling,cavillous,censorious,contrary,crabby,cross,demanding,deprecating,disparaging,exacting,exceptive,fault-finding,finicky,hypercritical,irritable,nagging,nit-picking,overcritical,peevish,perverse,petulant,sarcastic,severe,testy,touchy
contentiousadjective quarrelsome
antagonistic,argumentative,belligerent,combative,disagreeable,factious,perverse,petulant,querulous,testy
crabbedadjective ill-tempered
bad-tempered,cantankerous,crabby,cranky,cross,disagreeable,grouchy,grumpy,irascible,irritable,peevish,petulant,querulous,snappish,snappy,surly,testy
crabbieradjective irritable
acid,acrid,acrimonious,awkward,bad-tempered,blunt,brusque,captious,choleric,chuffy,churlish,crabbed,cranky,cross,crotchety,crusty,cynical,difficult,dour,fretful,gloomy,glum,grouchy,harsh,huffy,ill-humored,ill-tempered,irascible,misanthropic,morose,mumpish,nasty-tempered,peevish,perverse,petulant,prickly,saturnine,snappish,sour,splenetic,sulky,sullen,surly,tart,testy,tough,trying,unsociable And yet to the uncritical eye of the media, Microsoft is comes across looking humble and generous while we look petulant and ungrateful.
对于缺乏鉴别的媒体，微软看上去慷慨、谦卑，而我们则狂妄、无理。 yeeyan
But soon enough the labels, studios and every other paranoid media owner will have to stop acting like petulant teenagers.
但是，短时间之后品牌媒介，工作室以及其他的恐慌的媒体公司老板都不得不停止自己愤怒的行为。 yeeyan
In the daytime, in the hot mornings, these motors made a petulant, irritable sound; at night, in the still evening when the afterglow lit the water, they whined about one's ears like mosquitoes.
白天，在炎热的上午，这些马达制造出一种不耐烦的、令人恼火的声音；夜晚，在黄昏，余晖映着湖面时，马达在耳边蚊虫般嗡嗡响着。 putclub
Is otherwise always chilly can't appear petulant feeling such as the Yan.
不然一向淡漠如焰不会有生气的情绪出现。17pr
Robert Gates, America’s defence secretary, complained about petulant rebuffs from China, which at the time put up a cold front.
美国国防部长罗伯特•盖茨抱怨中国面对各种议题动不动就断然拒绝，为会议带来一股冷锋。 blog.sina.com.cn
Although the German president has few real powers, Mr Köhler’s petulant departure caused an earthquake.
尽管德国总统几乎没有实权，但是克勒任性的离开引发了大动荡。 ecocn
Come on. Don't be petulant. Just pick up the stupid can.
拜托，别耍性子了把那个该死的罐头捡起来吧； yinghanhuyi.org
Francis never showed up in Vancouver, having been petulant and pouting enough for the Grizzlies to send him elsewhere.
弗朗西斯脾气暴躁，灰熊受够了他的苦瓜脸，于是他最终没在温哥华露脸，而是被灰熊送到了别处。 ttnba
His performances at European summits were petulant and destructive.
在欧盟峰会上，他表现得狂妄自大，破坏性十足。 yeeyan
Is this trenchant social commentary or the petulant complaint of the privileged class?
是对社会尖锐的批判还是上层社会任性的牢骚？ yeeyan
It's a portrait of a petulant prodigy to put beside “ Amadeus, ” and as class conscious as“The King's Speech, ” but very much of the moment.
这是一个可以跟莫扎特相提并论的脾气古怪的天才的肖像画，其中的阶级观念就像《国王的演讲》里那样鲜明，但这是属于当下的。 yeeyan
Once viewed by critics as petulant and self-consciously rebellious, Mr. Han has moved beyond ad hominem attacks on poets, pop stars and fellow bloggers.
曾经韩寒被评论家们认为是易怒和难以控制的，现今他超越了感性层面来抨击诗人、明星和友邻博主们。 yeeyan
Sadly, his contribution to matters of immigration and identity is likely to be reduced to a petulant quip during a losing campaign.
可惜的是，从工党在竞选中越来越不利的形势看，他贡献的解决移民问题及融合问题的方法可能只是一句任性的俏皮话了。 ecocn
She could be wayward, petulant, and disagreeable.
她有时也会任性、脾气很坏、很暴躁。 cuclife.com
Some over- exaggerated diving and a petulant elbow that saw him sent off in March did little for his standing and earned him a second three-match ban just as Arsenal were finding their form.
但是一些过分夸张的假摔和粗暴的肘击使得他在三月份表现很差劲，还得到了第二次停赛三场，而这一切都发生在阿森纳正在寻找他们的位置的时候。 bbs.arsenal.com.cn
The Obama administration's response to liberal discontent has been impatient, treating the“ professional left” to use Press Secretary Robert Gibbs's phrase as petulant children.
奥巴马政府对自由主义者们的不满表现的很不耐烦，把这些“专业左倾”用新闻秘书 RObert GIbbs的话来说当成难以取悦的孩子们来对待。 yeeyan
The point of this story is not that the directors of Sheffield Wednesday have behaved like a bunch of petulant bullies.
这篇文章想说的不是谢菲尔德星期三足球俱乐部的董事们表现得像一群乱发脾气不讲理的恶霸。 yeeyan
They look just like normal adults, but inside, they're petulant, narcissistic children with oversized egos.
他们看起来就像是一个普通的成年人，然而内心深处，他们是暴躁，任性，自我膨胀的小孩。 yeeyan
You grow old if you are irritable, crotchety, petulant, and cantankerous.
当你易怒、任性、想法怪异、刚愎自用时，你才会变老。 yeeyan |