petulant

['petjulənt]

adj.暴躁的, 任性的, 难以取悦的

词形变化：

副词: petulantly | 名词: petulance |

a.

1. 任性的, 脾气坏的

The expression around her mouth was petulant.

她的嘴角露出一种任性的表情。

2. 【旧】无礼的, 莽撞的

petulant

形容词比较级：more petulant

形容词最高级：most petulant

词形变化：

副词: petulantly | 名词: petulance |

词义辨析：

同义:

a.暴躁的

irritable

peevish

fretful

同义参见:

acidulous

acid

angry

contentious

petulant['petjulənt; -tʃə-]adj.1.■急躁的；易怒的，爱发火的；脾气坏的2.■任性的；傲慢的；无礼的3.■[废语]鲁莽的；冒失的

1. (of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered
   （人或其举止）任性的；脾气坏的
   he was moody and petulant.
   他喜怒无常，任性乖戾。
   a petulant shake of the head.
   任性地一摇头。
   

1. late 16th cent. (in the sense 'immodest'): from French pétulant, from Latin petulant- 'impudent' (related to petere 'aim at, seek'). The current sense (mid 18th cent.) is influenced by pettish
   

petulant

形容词 petulant:

easily irritated or annoyed

同义词：cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy

petulant

■Ideas matter, but name-calling doesn’t, and petulant critics wrap tomorrow’s virtual fish.

一流的站点可能不需要你的流通，但每个人都可以帮一把。

■a fit of petulant sulkiness; often used with the

一阵愠怒；常与定冠词the连用

■Better have borne the petulant proud disdain of Amaryllis, or Menalcas wooed, albeit he was so dark, and you so fair!

也许是阿玛瑞力斯更好吧,尽管他有着傲慢的个性,抑或是梅那可斯也行?尽管他是那样的黑,不如你的肌肤雪白如冰!

■They were incredulous and petulant.

他们不肯轻信，脾气暴躁。

■He behaved like a petulant child and refused to cooperate.

他像个任性的孩子，拒不合作。

■He grew moody and petulant.

他变得喜怒无常，蛮不讲理。

■The thing had been remarked with petulant jealousy by his wife

他太太觉察到这一点时，不由妒火中烧。

■His failing is to fall in love with, and then marry, a small-minded, petulant and flirtatious wife

他的失误在于爱上了一个心胸狭窄，脾气恶劣又卖弄风情的女人并娶她为妻。

■He still remains immature and petulant, has he not learnt a thing since he came to United??!!

他还是如此的不成熟，使小性子，难道从来到老特拉福德以后，他就没有学会一点东西么？

■Those games, billed as a historic confrontation between man and machine, ended with man's humiliating defeat (and petulant calls by Kasparov for IBM to hand over Deep Blue's printouts;

以前进行的那些比赛被宣布为人与机器之间具有历史性意义的对抗赛，比赛最终以人类丢人的失败结束（窝火的卡斯帕罗夫多次要求IBM公司交出“深蓝”计算机的打印棋谱；

■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。

■But we are the Gods.We whom the mortals worship.We who rule over this land.We will not be swept aside by this petulant fool!

但是我们是神，是凡人的崇拜的神，是这座山脉的统治者，我们是不会被这个讨厌的愚人所代替的。

■But soon enough the labels, studios and every other paranoid media owner will have to stop acting like petulant teenagers.

但是，短时间之后品牌媒介，工作室以及其他的恐慌的媒体公司老板都不得不停止自己愤怒的行为。

■Reader, did you never pray for a discharge from hard service or suffering with a petulant and wilful eagerness?

你是否急躁、强烈、急切地祈求免除辛劳的服事或受苦？

■Claudio Gentile's all-new Azzurrini got off to a flying start with a 2-0 victory over Norway, even if it was marred by a petulant red card.

克劳迪奥詹蒂莱的全新的意大利青年队以一个2:0战胜挪威的胜利来了个开门红,即使因为冲动吃到了一张红牌!

■developed a petulant and fussy disposition

养成了一种蛮横和过分注意细节的性格

■Ideally, someone who doesn`t throw himself on the ground all the time, argue with the Ref, and isn`t a horrible, petulant little so-and-so would be nice.

再理想一点的情况是，买那些不会整天把自己放倒在地的，不会总和裁判争论的，很少脾气暴躁而且易于相处的之类的人会非常美妙。

■The Celtics had a superstar trio, Garnett and Allen had a therapeutic effect on the frequently petulant Pierce, and the national fans of the Celtics came out of the woodwork.

凯尔特人有三巨头，加内特和雷阿伦对暴躁的皮尔斯有治疗作用，他们国内的球迷都放下手中的木工活来看他们的比赛。

■Don’t be petulant.

别使性子。

■Stunted, petulant and na飗e, he was unfit to manage himself, but unfortunately for him, he tried.

发育不良，坏脾气且幼稚的他并不适宜管理自己，但很可惜，他这样做了。

■A petulant,bad - tempered mood;a huff.

发脾气，愠怒任性、坏脾气;恼怒

■A petulant, bad - tempered mood;a huff.

发脾气，愠怒任性、坏脾气；恼怒

■grew moody and petulant

变得喜怒无常，蛮不讲理

■Oh, I'm sorry. Was that petulant, too?

哦,对不起,那也是耍性子?

■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；

■She drank until Prissy's petulant: "Well, Ah's thusty, too, Miss Scarlett," made her recall the needs of the others.

她喝个没完，旁边的百里茜等急了："够了，思嘉小姐，俺也渴着呢，"这才提醒她想起别人也要喝。

■She could be wayward, petulant, and disagreeable.

她有时也会任性、脾气很坏、很暴躁。

■Says one senior Tory: "She can be very petulant when up against criticism.When she gets into an argument she talks all the time.Talk.Talk.Talk.

她的一些同事私下里说的更为尖刻：“当她跟人辩论时，她会一直说下去，说下去。

■The expression around her mouth was petulant.

她的嘴角露出一种任性的表情。

■the petulant demands of spoilt children

宠坏的孩子提出的任性要求.

■Francis never showed up in Vancouver, having been petulant and pouting enough for the Grizzlies to send him elsewhere.

弗朗西斯脾气暴躁，灰熊受够了他的苦瓜脸，于是他最终没在温哥华露脸，而是被灰熊送到了别处。

■I walked the block to her house petulant and hurt. Was she going to tell me Kathy would be their regular baby-sitter?But when we sat down Dale placed a pearl ring in my hand.

当我走过一个街区到她家去时，我满肚子怨气，感到受了伤害。她是不是要告诉我，她要请凯西长期地为她照看小孩?但是我们坐下来后，戴尔把一枚珍珠戒指放到我手中。

■Chinese officialdom and many ordinary citizens were furious: another petulant effort by Western foes to thwart China's inexorable rise.

当时引起了中国官员和普通民众极度愤慨：西方的敌人在徒劳地干涉中国的崛起。

■Come on, don't be petulant.

得了，别使性子。

■The child with more petulant disposition, appropriate uses line the furniture of quietly elegant of downy, colour.

性格较急躁的孩子，宜用线条柔和、色彩淡雅的家具。

■“There!” cries the cynic. “The action of a stupid, petulant, spoilt boy!”

愤世嫉俗者喊道：“看，多么愚蠢的孩子气行为！”

■We will not be swept aside by this petulant fool!

我们，是不会被这个讨厌的愚人所替代的。

■r:I have just learned the importance of being petulant.

我刚刚懂得坏脾气是非常重要的！

■I think that you and I can keep this from escalating beyond the petulant woman being angry about getting her hair a little messed up on T.V.

我相信我们可以阻止事情恶化。这只不过是个暴躁的女人在电视上被人惹毛了而已。

■Anti-boss rage is more in vogue than it has ever been in my lifetime and I find I'm watching the petulant display with alternate surges of glee and discomfort.

抵抗老板的风气比我有生以来的任何时候都更流行，人们性情急躁，喜悦和不快交替发作。

■an irritable petulant feeling.

易怒的、暴躁的情绪。

■Designer Philippe Starck got a bit petulant last spring, looked back a lauded career in design and proclaimed it all "unnecessary.

某寒再次为那些看动画而跟不上漫画的，没事件看动漫又想知道的，长篇太长了看不下去又不知道什么时候该去看结尾的人 提供某寒最近看的一些连载中的动漫的现状...

■A fit of petulant sulkiness. Often used with the.

生气，不悦一阵愠怒。常与定冠词the连用

■Or someday, we may just understand that the reason why we are so frustrated is due to our petulant ignorance of hard facts placed in front of us.

看一看心灵地图，有前人泥足深陷的陷阱指示牌。虽然千叮咛，万嘱咐，自己没有亲身经历，跃跃待试的却是一片偏向虎山行之意。

■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。

■Eventually, the Wolves got tired of the petulant howling. Cassell is now an L.A. Clipper (and doing well).

终于,森林狼管理层还是厌倦了他们的叨叨.卡塞尔现在是洛杉矶快船队的一员(还做得很好).

■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。

■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。

■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。

■bicker, bristling, cantankerous, choleric, contend, contentious, crabbed, curmudgeon, fracas, fracas, fractious, gruff, irascible, rile, petulant, precipitous, querulous, surly, tantrum.

表“ 脾气暴躁、争吵” 之意: