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

• 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。
• 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。
• That may make the world a little less fractious.
  这或许会让世界更容易驾驭一点。
• Yet simultaneously, members of Britain's third party usually a fractious bunch seemed in a splendid mood.
  然而同时，英国第三政党的成员（通常是难以对付的一群）似乎心情很好。
• 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, 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。
• 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。
• Sino-Indian relations, too, have become noticeably more fractious.
  中印关系也明显变得更加动荡。
• 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。
• I'm afraid I don't have much patience in dealing with fractious teenagers.
  恐怕我没有多少耐心应付脾气急躁的十几岁的孩子们。