unruly

英 [ʌnˈruːli]

美 [ʌnˈruːli]

adj.  难以控制(或管理)的 ; 难以驾驭的

比较级：unrulier　

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Collins.1 / BNC.13824 / COCA.11878

牛津词典

adj.

• 难以控制（或管理）的 ；难以驾驭的
  difficult to control or manage
  1. an unruly class
     难管教的班级
  2. unruly behaviour
     无法无天的行为
  3. unruly hair (= difficult to keep looking neat)
     难梳理的头发

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （尤指孩子）没教养的，难控制的，难管束的
  If you describe people, especially children, asunruly, you mean that they behave badly and are difficult to control.
  1. It's not good enough just to blame the unruly children.
     对难管教的孩子只是责备是不够的。
  2. ...unruly behaviour.
     没教养的行为
• ADJ-GRADED （头发）凌乱的，不整洁的
  Unrulyhair is difficult to keep tidy.
  1. The man had a huge head of remarkably black, unruly hair.
     那个人有一头乱蓬蓬的黑发。

英英释义

adj

• of persons
  1. the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly
  Synonym:indocileuncontrollableungovernable
• noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
  1. a boisterous crowd
  2. a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand
  3. a robustious group of teenagers
  4. beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings
  5. an unruly class
  Synonym:boisterousrambunctiousrobustiousrumbustious
• unwilling to submit to authority
  1. unruly teenagers
  Synonym:disobedient

双语例句

• China has no corner on the market for unruly crowds, incompetent police and unnecessary disasters.
  在不听管控的人群、不称职的警察和不必要的灾难方面，中国的表现并不突出。
• An unruly child who was thrashed with a birch cane.
  一个任性的孩子吃了一顿桦树棍。
• Energetic, young and heart have been unruly, natural moat change thoroughfare!
  血气方刚，风华正茂，心已不羁，天堑变通途！
• Schools are booting out record numbers of unruly pupils.
  学校开除了数量空前的难以管教的小学生。
• And like any proud parent, his mother appears distinctly unamused by her son's unruly plumage.
  跟所有以自己的孩子为荣的父母一样，企鹅妈妈看到儿子这样一点不服帖的羽毛，明确地表现出了不高兴的情绪。
• She spent hours trying to tame her unruly hair.
  她花了几个小时试图梳理她那难以平整的头发。
• Pleas of a concerned father – Paul's vulnerability reveals true leadership to an unruly church.
  一位慈爱的属灵父亲的呼吁&保罗的窘迫显示出他对于一个悖逆教会的真切关怀和引导。
• The unruly boys had driven off every other housekeeper their father had hired.
  这两个男孩子不服管教，格斯以前请的女管家都被他们赶出了家门。
• Greeks are notoriously unruly drivers leaving their cars on sidewalks, wheelchair ramps and even hospital entrances.
  希腊人是出了名的不守规矩的司机。常把汽车停在人行道、轮椅坡道、甚至医院入口处。
• He was unruly in class and made an enemy of most of his teachers.
  他因上课调皮捣蛋而成为大多数老师的眼中钉。