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
- They were incredulous and petulant.
他们不肯轻信,脾气暴躁。 - Obama-bashing is a feeble and petulant response for the eurosceptics.
对欧洲怀疑论者而言,抨击奥巴马是一种软弱而无理的回应。 - She could be wayward, petulant, and disagreeable.
她有时也会任性、脾气很坏、很暴躁。 - 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; - 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。 - Although unaggressive and unfailingly polite, the Fayed heir was "a complete pain in the backside" with no concept of time-keeping, yet petulant at necessary delays.
虽然法耶德家族的这位继承人总是温和、有礼,但简直让他感觉“如芒刺在背”,因为多迪毫无时间概念,却还为必然的延误发脾气。 - He grew moody and petulant.
他变得喜怒无常,蛮不讲理。 - Her petulant, blase air.
她那副任性、冷漠的神态。 - 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。 - In the daytime, in the hot mornings, thesemotors made a petulant, irritable sound; at night, in the still evening whenthe afterglow lit the water, they whined about one's ears like mosquitoes.
一大早,你就被这些马达吵得浮气躁,愈发感觉溽热难耐;向晚时分,斜阳夕照,湖面波光流动,这嗡嗡声却还像一团蚊子般不绝于耳。