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
- He picked the pen up with a petulant gesture.
他生气地拿起那支钢笔。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - They were incredulous and petulant.
他们不肯轻信，脾气暴躁。 - He grew moody and petulant.
他变得喜怒无常，蛮不讲理。 - 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。 - She could be wayward, petulant, and disagreeable.
她有时也会任性、脾气很坏、很暴躁。