petulant
英 [ˈpetjulənt]
美 [ˈpetʃələnt]
adj. 闹脾气的; 爱耍性子的; 赌气的; 任性的
BNC.21013 / COCA.22374
牛津词典
adj.
- 闹脾气的；爱耍性子的；赌气的；任性的
bad-tempered and unreasonable, especially because you cannot do or have what you want
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 大发脾气的；任性的
Someone who ispetulantis unreasonably angry and upset in a childish way.- His critics say he's just being silly and petulant...
批评家说他就是愚蠢和任性。 - He picked the pen up with a petulant gesture.
他生气地拿起那支钢笔。
- His critics say he's just being silly and petulant...
英英释义
adj
- easily irritated or annoyed
- an incorrigibly fractious young man
- not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
双语例句
- 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。 - Smile, sulking is for petulant teenagers, he will be relieved you have brushed over his embarrassment and won't forget again.
你对他的失误一笑而过会让他倍感释怀，下次再也不会忘记了。 - His behaviour at the end was undoubtedly petulant, unsavoury, especially when he pushed aside an Italian official who tried to stop him leaving.
他最后的表现，尤其当他推开一名试图阻止他离开的意大利官员时，无疑令人不快，甚至愤怒。 - 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； - 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。 - He picked the pen up with a petulant gesture.
他生气地拿起那支钢笔。 - Her petulant, blase air.
她那副任性、冷漠的神态。 - He was petulant, selfish, arrogant and occasionally callous.
他任性、自私、傲慢、有时候还很冷酷。 - 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。 - 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。