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

• AIG is still looking for a chairman, whose primary job will be to manage the troubled company's fractious relationship with the Obama administration, lawmakers and regulators.
  AIG仍在寻找担任董事长的合适人选。该职位的主要职责将是改善这家陷入困境的公司与奥巴马（Obama）政府、议员和监管机构的不和睦的关系。
• After a fractious call with analysts, his irritated shareholders demonstrated their discontent.
  一场失控的分析师电话会议过后，被激怒的惠普股东展示了他们的不满。
• 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。
• Sino-Indian relations, too, have become noticeably more fractious.
  中印关系也明显变得更加动荡。
• 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。
• This can be a fractious time. But thanks to Brazils deft and effective leadership, we have coalesced around an outcome document that marks a real advance for sustainable development.
  这可能是个造成意见分歧的时刻，但由于巴西灵活而有效的领导，我们已经就一份成果文件达成一致意见，这标志着在可持续发展方面取得了切实的进展。
• 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。
• Every time I got home, she always shaking her tail, I went to the fractious arms.
  每当我回到家的时候，她总是摇着她的尾巴跑到我的怀里撒娇。
• Importantly, their armies also learn to work together, even when relations between their governments occasionally turn fractious.
  重要的是，甚至是在与他们政府间关系偶尔紧张时，他们的军队也学会了如何协作。
• But, though the Chinese onslaught looks fractious and pell-mell, conspiracy theorists smell a state-driven attack on the commanding heights of Australia's economy.
  虽然中国人的攻击看起来有些暴躁和忙乱，但在这波旨在控制澳大利亚经济高度的攻击中，阴谋论者似乎嗅到了一丝国家主使的气息。