petulant
英 [ˈpetjulənt]
美 [ˈpetʃələnt]
adj. 闹脾气的; 爱耍性子的; 赌气的; 任性的
BNC.21013 / COCA.22374
牛津词典
adj.
- 闹脾气的;爱耍性子的;赌气的;任性的
bad-tempered and unreasonable, especially because you cannot do or have what you want
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 大发脾气的;任性的
Someone who ispetulantis unreasonably angry and upset in a childish way.- His critics say he's just being silly and petulant...
批评家说他就是愚蠢和任性。 - He picked the pen up with a petulant gesture.
他生气地拿起那支钢笔。
- His critics say he's just being silly and petulant...
英英释义
adj
- easily irritated or annoyed
- an incorrigibly fractious young man
- not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
双语例句
- She could be wayward, petulant, and disagreeable.
她有时也会任性、脾气很坏、很暴躁。 - Bryant is often portrayed as petulant, selfish, and at times overbearing in newspaper coverage and magazine profiles.
科比常被媒体描述为脾气坏的、自私的球员,有时还在报纸封面和杂志外形中显得傲慢。 - His critics say he's just being silly and petulant
批评家说他就是愚蠢和任性。 - He picked the pen up with a petulant gesture.
他生气地拿起那支钢笔。 - That Olympian company is certainly a jovial, amorous, loving, lying, quarreling and vow-breaking, petulant lot;
奥林匹克那一群的确是一些快活的,好色的,会恋爱,会说慌,会吵架,也会背誓的性急易怒的家伙; - Come on, Don't be petulant, just pick up the stupid can.
行了,不要使性子,把那个罐子捡起来就好了。 - He grew moody and petulant.
他变得喜怒无常,蛮不讲理。 - His behaviour at the end was undoubtedly petulant, unsavoury, especially when he pushed aside an Italian official who tried to stop him leaving.
他最后的表现,尤其当他推开一名试图阻止他离开的意大利官员时,无疑令人不快,甚至愤怒。 - Smile, sulking is for petulant teenagers, he will be relieved you have brushed over his embarrassment and won't forget again.
你对他的失误一笑而过会让他倍感释怀,下次再也不会忘记了。 - He was petulant, selfish, arrogant and occasionally callous.
他任性、自私、傲慢、有时候还很冷酷。