peevish

美 [?piv??] 　英 [?pi?v??]

• adj.愛生氣的；易怒的；脾氣壞的
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)壞脾氣的；暴躁的；劈為尸體

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Do say you will. I think I should not be peevish with you: you'd not provoke me, and you'd always be ready to help me, wouldn't you? '

我想我一定不會跟你發(fā)脾氣，你是不會惹我生氣的，而且你總是想幫助我的，不是嗎？

I do not say that the pain of death is nothing compared to the pain of sharing a coffeepot with a peevish woman.

我不是說，死亡的痛苦與跟一個脾氣暴躁的女人分享咖啡壺里的咖啡相比較有什么關(guān)系的。

The attitude of the invalid toward the cattleman was something like that of a peevish, perverse child toward an indulgent parent.

這個病人對牧場主的態(tài)度，正如一個倔強(qiáng)乖張的小孩兒對待溺愛的父母。

He soliloquized in an undertone of peevish displeasure, while relieving me of my horse.

他接過我的馬時，別別扭扭地不高興地低聲自言自語著。

I write distractedly, but this girl-this Jeanie Deans, is a peevish puritan, superstitious and scrupulous after the manner of her sect.

我寫得心煩意亂--可是那女郎--那個珍妮·迪恩斯是個倔強(qiáng)的清教徒，迷信而且嚴(yán)格地遵守她那教派的規(guī)矩。

It also likes eating, though little dog does not eat much, it is always wanting to eat and it will be peevish if having nothing to eat.

它也很貪吃，很小的狗本來是不會吃很多的，可它卻總是想吃東西，吃不到東西就撒嬌。

Come over, you peevish girl! " said my husband walking out into the yard with a blow dryer. "

“過來！壞脾氣妞！”說話的當(dāng)兒，丈夫已拿著電吹風(fēng)從房里走出來。

Joseph! ' cried a peevish voice, simultaneously with me, from the inner room.

“約瑟夫！”從里屋傳來的一個抱怨的聲音跟我同時叫起來。

David Axelrod, the Obama campaign manager, called him "peevish" ; another official opted for "irascible" .

奧巴馬競選經(jīng)理戴維?艾克斯羅德（DavidAxelrod）說麥凱恩“易怒”，還有一位官員說他“愛發(fā)脾氣”。

Not to be peevish, or morose, or suspicious.

不暴躁，發(fā)楞，或多疑。

David Souter had so many judicial virtues that it may seem peevish to question his legacy.

大衛(wèi)?蘇特有許多司法理念，要質(zhì)疑他離任后留下些什么似乎有些惹人生氣。

The child is never peevish unless sick.

這孩子只有在生病時才會鬧別扭。

and a peevish, irrational, fault-finding person not only wears himself out, but is very wearing to others.

一個乖戾的、無理性的、吹毛求疵的人不但消磨自己，并且消磨別人。

Having a peevish disposition; ill-humored.

性情易怒的；脾氣暴躁的

Tending to complain or grumble; peevish or grumpy.

易于抱怨或發(fā)牢騷的；脾氣壞的，暴躁的。

Corrected, he became peevish and offered to arm-wrestlethe hostess to prove a point.

別人糾正他，他就說要跟女主人扳手腕，證明自己的厲害。

A peevish child is unhappy and makes others unhappy.

一個脾氣暴躁的孩子自己不高興也使別人不高興。

said the Widow Wycherly, with a peevish toss of her head. wycherly

遺孀說，她的頭丟了peevish。

and to see clearly in a living example that the same man can be both most resolute and yielding, and not peevish in giving his instruction;

從他，我也清楚地看到了一個既堅定又靈活，在教導(dǎo)人時毫不暴躁的活的榜樣；

adj. peevish devoid petulant scarce cantankerous scanty choleric insufficient crabbed lack fractious deficient inadequate

六、缺乏，不足

peevish adj. easily annoyed (esp by unimportant things); irritable

易怒的（尤指對小事）；急躁的。