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小词详解 | fractious
fractious 英 [ˈfrækʃəs] 美 [ˈfrækʃəs]
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外刊例句
In an often fractious field, that is about as close to a consensus view as can be found.
在经济学这个争吵不休的领域,这样的比例差不多等同于一致意见了。
——《经济学人》But today, more than four decades later, the root causes of the violence, and its fractious aftermath , are no less relevant.
但在四十多年后的今天,暴力的根源及其棘手的后果同样重要。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] (通常指儿童)易怒且爱争吵的
孩子们疲倦时易烦躁好哭。
Children often get fractious and tearful when tired.
这六个不安分的加盟共和国要求自治。我们担心争端会恶化。
The six fractious republics are demanding autonomy. We fear the dispute couldescalate .
She then peeped round to where I sat; so stern a neighbour was too restrictive to him, in his present fractious mood, she dared whisper no observations, nor ask of him any information.
她随后偷偷地朝我坐的地方扫视了一下,那么严肃的一位邻座使她很拘束。他眼下性情浮躁,所以她即使看到了什么,也不敢悄声说话,就是想要知道什么,也不敢问他。
grumpy: bad-tempered and irritable testy: easily irritated; impatient and somewhat bad-tempered touchy: (of a person) oversensitive and irritable