querulous
英 ['kwer?l?s; 'kwerj?l?s]
美['kw?r?l?s]
- adj. 易怒的，暴躁的；愛發(fā)牢騷的，抱怨的；愛挑剔的
實用場景例句
- A querulous male voice said, 'Look, are you going to order, or what?'
- 一個男人不滿地問：“喂，你到底要不要點菜？”
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- He was also petty, unreasonably querulous, and mean.
- 他還是個氣量狹窄, 無事生非, 平庸刻薄的人.
辭典例句
- He was not one who was inclined to be querulous.
- 他并不是愛吹毛求疵的人.
辭典例句
- The querulous old man refused to be put on the shelf.
- 那個愛抱怨的老人不肯讓人撇在一邊.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- One gets unsettled, depressed, and inclined to be querulous.
- 有的人變得心緒不寧, 神情沮喪, 動不動就愛發(fā)牢騷.
辭典例句
- Helpfully , the party's backbenchers are not proving particularly querulous.
- 還好, 工黨的普通議員被證明并不特別愛發(fā)牢騷.
期刊摘選
- They cast their critics as a blend the querulous Neville Chamberlain and craven apologists for Stalin.
- 他們扮演評論家,綜合了張伯倫的怨天尤人與斯大林軟弱的道歉.
期刊摘選
- A querulous male voice said, "Look, are you going to order, or what?"
- 一個男人不滿地問：“喂，你到底要不要點菜？”
柯林斯例句