fractious

英 [ˈfrækʃəs]

美 [ˈfrækʃəs]

adj.  暴躁的; 易怒的; 动辄烦躁的; 捣乱的; 表示不满的

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BNC.21157 / COCA.19745

牛津词典

adj.

• 暴躁的；易怒的；动辄烦躁的
  bad-tempered or easily upset, especially by small things
  1. Children often get fractious and tearful when tired.
     孩子们疲倦时易烦躁好哭。
• 捣乱的；表示不满的
  making trouble and complaining
  1. The six fractious republics are demanding autonomy.
     这六个不安分的加盟共和国要求自治。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 易怒的;烦躁的;脾气不好的
  If you describe someone asfractious, you disapprove of them because they become upset or angry very quickly about small unimportant things.
  1. ...fractious national movements.
     难以控制的全国运动
  2. Nancy was in a fractious mood...
     南希情绪烦躁。
  3. The children were predictably fractious.
     孩子们肯定会耍脾气。

英英释义

adj

• unpredictably difficult in operation
  1. rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas
  2. fractious components of a communication system
• easily irritated or annoyed
  1. an incorrigibly fractious young man
  2. not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
  Synonym:crankyirritablenettlesomepeevishpeckishpettishpetulantscratchytestytetchytechy
• stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  1. a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness
  2. a refractory child
  Synonym:refractoryrecalcitrant

双语例句

• She was fractious with other children.
  她同其他孩子在一起时脾气很暴躁。
• He put his finger to his lips, as if hushing a fractious child.
  他把指头放在嘴唇上，好像在要个烦躁的孩子肃静。
• An incorrigibly fractious young man; not the least nettlesome of his countrymen.
  脾气坏得不可救药的年轻人；在他的同胞中决不是脾气最好的。
• Sino-Indian relations, too, have become noticeably more fractious.
  中印关系也明显变得更加动荡。
• But it is also a signal to a fractious Europe that markets are losing patience with endless political dithering.
  但它也向任性的欧洲发出一个信号：市场正对无休止的政治迟疑失去耐心。
• The detentions have heightened tensions between Canberra and Beijing and come amid fractious talks between the Chinese Steel Association and Australian mining groups to set an annual benchmark price for iron ore.
  此次拘留事件已经加剧了堪培拉和北京之间的紧张关系，而且正值中国钢铁工业协会与澳洲矿商有关铁矿石年度基准价格的谈判陷入僵局。
• There is continually someone brave to be primary to fractious a bridge!
  不断有勇敢的人将主要以任性的桥梁！
• If you ever wanted a sign of just how fractious and uncoordinated Kenya's coalition government was, this is it.
  如果你曾经希望寻找肯尼亚联合政府分裂和不协调的迹象，这里就是。
• Germany's attempt to erect a protective barrier against unwanted foreign investors has become hostage to the mounting political tensions in Chancellor Angela Merkel's fractious grand coalition.
  德国试图对不受欢迎的国外投资者树立保护性壁垒的举措，已受到总理安吉拉•默克尔（AngelaMerkel）难以驾驭的大联合政府（GrandCoalition）内部日益紧张的政治关系的制约。
• Energy politics with Turkmenistan were fractious during the rule of Mr Niyazov, who also started gas supply talks with the Chinese.
  在前总统尼亚佐夫统治时期，土库曼斯坦的能源政治一直不和，尼亚佐夫还启动了与中国的天然气供应谈判。