查询词典 peevish

He was lazy, peevish, and a bon-vivant; the appearance of a lady frightened him beyond measure; hence it was but seldom that he joined the paternal circle in Russell Square, where there was plenty of gaiety, and where the jokes of his good-natured old father frightened his amour-propre(self-esteem).

他生性懒惰，脾气浮躁，又爱吃，又爱喝，一看见女人就吓得半死。勒塞尔广场家里人多热闹；他的父亲性情随和，很爱开玩笑，说的话常常扫他的面子，害得他不敢多回老家。杨莉藜《英汉互译教程》河南大学出版社

The attitude of the invalid toward the cattleman was something like that of a peevish, perverse child toward an indulgent parent.

这个病人对牧场主的态度，正如一个倔强乖张的小孩儿对待溺爱的父母。

The attitude of the invalid toward the cattleman was something like that of a peevish, perverse child toward an indulgent parent

从来没有哪一个人的邪恶的天性这样早地就表露出来。

When you feel lonely, peevish and hopeless in your daily life in this city, it's time to decompress.

当在这座城市里，感到日常生活的寂寞、烦躁和无助时，你该缓解缓解压力了。

I write distractedly, but this girl-this Jeanie Deans, is a peevish puritan, superstitious and scrupulous after the manner of her sect

我写得心烦意乱--可是那女郎--那个珍妮？迪恩斯是个倔强的清教徒，迷信而且严格地遵守她那教派的规矩。

Her affection tired very soon, however, and when she grew peevish, Hindley became tyrannical.

但是她的热情很快就褪去了。

After peevish[2] years cast as China's underperforming neighbour, the huntress is now in hot pursuit.

在作为中国的邻国而一直表现不佳的几年后，女猎手开始捕猎了。

After peevish years cast as China's underperforming neighbour, the huntress is now in hot pursuit.

作为中国的邻国，多年来，印度一直被视为稍逊一筹，对此印度一直耿耿于怀，而今，印度正奋起直追。

After peevish[2] years cast as Chinas underperforming neighbour, the huntress is now in hot pursuit.

印度这个"捕猎者"作为中国的近邻，多年来一直表现不佳，心情急躁，如今正奋起直追。

The pettishness that might be caressed into fondness, had yielded to a listless apathy; there was less of the peevish temper of a child which frets and teases on purpose to be soothed, and more of the self-absorbed moroseness of a confirmed invalid, repelling consolation, and ready to regard the good-humoured mirth of others as an insult.

原先那种暴性子，本来还可以被爱抚软化成娇气，现在却变成冷淡无情了；小孩子为了要人安慰而麻烦人的那种任性少了一些，添上的却是一个确实有病的人那种对自己坏脾气的专注，抗拒安慰，并且准备把别人真诚的欢乐当作一种侮辱。

I use an example quoted by Hu Jiaqi:"It is reported that America separates the DNA of a kind of virus by making use of genetic technology and combines it with another kind of DNA. Finally, they get a kind of virulent biological agent called a "pyrotoxin". Someone discloses in private that 20 grams of such a kind of biological agent could result in the global death of 6 billion people due to infection."

我在这里例举胡家奇所引用过的例子："据报道，美国利用转基因技术，将一种病毒的DNA分离出来，与另外一种DNA进行结合，拼结成一种剧毒的"热毒素"生物战剂，且私下有人透露，这种生物战剂只需20克，就可以导致全球60亿人全部感染死亡。"

Waiting, for the queers and the coons and the Reds and the Jews.

等待着疯子和黑人还有红色共产主义者还有犹太人