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petulant

美 [ˈpetʃələnt]英 [ˈpetjulənt]
  • adj.闹脾气的;赌气的;任性的;爱耍性子的

派生词: petulantly adv.;petulance n.

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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

petulant

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    ADJ-GRADED 大发脾气的;任性的
    Someone who is petulant is 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。

  • 'I don't need help,' he said petulantly.

    “我不需要帮助,”他没好气地说。

adj

1
easily irritated or annoyed
an incorrigibly fractious young man
not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
Synonym: cranky fractious irritable nettlesome peevish peckish pettish scratchy testy tetchy techy

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  1. He picked the pen up with a petulant gesture .

    他生气地拿起那支钢笔。

  2. I have more important things to do than petulant florists .

    我有比教训坏脾气的花匠更重要的事情要做

  3. I don 't want any more stories , Bran snapped , his voice petulant .

    我不要听故事,布兰语气暴躁地斥道。

  4. 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。

  5. He 's become petulant and angry .

    他变得烦躁易怒

  6. 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。

  7. The petulant demands of spoilt children .

    宠坏的孩子提出的任性要求。

  8. For instance , Torres might argue with the referee a bit , and be a bit petulant .

    举个例子,球员托雷斯有时会和裁判争论几句,并且表现得有点儿暴躁。

  9. She could be wayward , petulant , and disagreeable .

    她有时也会任性、脾气很坏、很暴躁。

  10. He was petulant , selfish , arrogant and occasionally callous .

    他任性、自私、傲慢、有时候还很冷酷。

  11. He was petulant even then , attacking a Time correspondent for having wounded him with a story that was too revealing .

    那个时候他的脾气就不太好,他攻击《时代》杂志的一名记者,因为对方报道的一个故事暴露了太多事实而让他觉得受到了伤害。

  12. One colleague recalled the dancer 's petulant refusal to collect an award because his name had been wrongly pronounced .

    一位同事回忆那名舞蹈演员因为他的名字被念错了就使性子拒绝领奖。

  13. 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。

  14. 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。

  15. He grew moody and petulant .

    他变得喜怒无常,蛮不讲理。

  16. 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。

  17. Her petulant , blase air .

    她那副任性、冷漠的神态。

  18. 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;

  19. 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。

  20. 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。

  21. They were incredulous and petulant .

    他们不肯轻信,脾气暴躁。

  22. 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。

  23. 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。

  24. Thankfully , Argentina will hold a Presidential election on October 25th and a new administration will take office there in December 2015 , which will provide an exit from a financial strategy that has all the hallmarks of being designed by a petulant teenager .

    值得庆幸的是,阿根廷将于10月25日举行总统选举,新一届政府将于2015年12月上台,为退出目前这种孩子气十足的财政战略提供了契机。