feisty
英 [ˈfaɪsti]
美 [ˈfaɪsti]
adj. 坚决而据理力争的
Collins.1 / BNC.37845 / COCA.15906
牛津词典
adj.
- 坚决而据理力争的
strong, determined and not afraid of arguing with people
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED (常指出乎意料地)顽强独立的,精神抖擞的
If you describe someone asfeisty, you mean that they are tough, independent, and spirited, often when you would not expect them to be, for example because they are old or ill.- The soldier looked incredulously at the feisty child...
士兵难以置信地看着这个异常顽强的孩子。 - At 66, she was as feisty as ever.
66岁的她还和从前一样精神矍铄。
- The soldier looked incredulously at the feisty child...
英英释义
adj
- quick to take offense
- showing courage
- the champion is faced with a feisty challenger
双语例句
- More than ten years ago, those feisty people in our generation have been looking for the ideal of Utopia there, and formed an art community outside the power circle.
十多年前我们这一代人中的不安分者在那里寻觅过乌托邦的理想,形成在权力话语之外的艺术群落。 - We are all enjoying training and there have been some feisty challenges-it's good to have that in training.
我们都很享受训练,有些挑战很带劲儿。训练中有这些真的挺好的。 - At 66, she was as feisty as ever.
66岁的她还和从前一样精神矍铄。 - He was a strong and a feisty old man, considering that life is so hard.
他是一个这么强壮和活跃的老人,生活却是如此之艰难。 - He said he was competitive and feisty and he did not back down.
他说他很有竞争力,很好强,而且不退缩。 - The feisty Blankfein, the son of a postal worker who grew up in Brooklyn, is one of the only big bank CEOs to have kept his job after the financial crisis.
精力充沛、行事果断的布兰克费恩是一名邮政工人的儿子,在纽约布鲁克林长大,是少数几个在金融危机之后仍成功留任的大银行首席执行官之一。 - How about a name for this feisty lady?
该替这位勇敢的女士取一个什么样的名字呢? - The champion is faced with a feisty challenger.
冠军面临着一个勇敢的挑战者。 - "Yoshida" checked with Sato, who thought this might work. Team mate Takuma Sato drove a feisty race.
吉田征求了佐藤的意见,佐藤认为这个办法也许可行。队友佐藤琢磨完成了一场活跃的比赛。 - Even an expert witness called to discuss statistical movements of stock prices turned feisty as he sparred with prosecutors seeking to discredit his analysis and testimony.
有一位被召来讨论股价变动的专家证人,由于其分析和证词遭到检察官的怀疑,与之发生了激烈争吵。