restive

英 [ˈrestɪv]

美 [ˈrestɪv]

adj.  难驾驭的; 焦躁不安的; 不耐烦的

GRE

BNC.21619 / COCA.21413

牛津词典

adj.

• 难驾驭的；焦躁不安的；不耐烦的
  unable to stay still, or unwilling to be controlled, especially because you feel bored or not satisfied

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不耐烦的;厌烦的;不满的
  If you arerestive, you are impatient, bored, or dissatisfied.
  1. The audience grew restive.
     观众变得不耐烦了。
  2. ...restive national minorities.
     心怀不满的少数民族

英英释义

adj

• impatient especially under restriction or delay
  1. the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive
• being in a tense state
  Synonym:edgyhigh-strunghighly strungjitteryjumpynervyoverstrunguptight

双语例句

• But while Moscow has long been able to buy stability in its restive outer regions, using windfall oil revenues, the strategy is being undermined by low oil prices, budget cuts, plunging economic growth and high unemployment.
  尽管莫斯科多年来能够用石油收入的横财在不太平的边远地区买到稳定，但这一战略正受到油价下跌、预算削减、经济减速和高失业率的侵蚀。
• In an attempt to stabilise cotton supplies and soothe restive farmers in Xinjiang, in 2011 China set a cotton price floor and started stockpiling the material.
  为稳定棉花供应及安抚新疆躁动不安的棉农，2011年中国设定了棉花价格下限并开始囤积棉花。
• Reports say army units exchanged fire after one refused to shoot at protesters in restive city of Deraa.
  报道说在德拉，一支叙利亚军队拒绝服从命令向抗议者开枪，之后两支军队发生交火。
• His face was quite stolid, But he looked at her with restive eyes.
  他脸上没有表情，眼睛却倔强地看着她。
• The government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive.
  政府未采取任何措施放松出口限制，因此国内制造商变得焦虑不安。
• Two Swedish journalists have told an Ethiopian court they were upholding the highest traditions of their profession when they were arrested in the company of rebels in the restive Ogaden region.
  两名瑞典记者在埃塞俄比亚法庭上说，当他们在奥加登地区和叛军一同被捕时，是在为他们职业的最高传统标准尽责。
• The restive area is home to China's minority ethnic Uighurs, who are ethnically related to Turks.
  新疆是中国维吾尔少数民族的聚居地，他们在种族上与土耳其人有渊源。
• Syrian security forces intensified their assault on opposition areas in the restive central city of Homs yesterday, as the US closed its embassy in Damascus citing security reasons and Britain recalled its top envoy.
  叙利亚军警昨天对动荡的中部城市霍姆斯（Homs）的反对派占领区域加紧攻击。同时美国以安全为由关闭在大马士革的使馆，英国则召回驻叙利亚大使。
• Offer energy resources as tribute [ to Beijing] to create harmony proclaims a giant billboard outside a petrol station in Korla, in Xinjiang province, China's restive western frontier region.
  在中国不那么稳定的西部边疆地区，新疆库尔勒市一座加油站外面，一块巨大的广告牌上写着奉献能源创造和谐。
• The audience was becoming restive as they waited for the performance to begin.
  观众们在等待演出开始的时候，变得不耐烦了。