fractious

英 ['frækʃəs] 美 ['frækʃəs]

• adj. 脾气不好的；易怒的；表示不满的；捣乱的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. stubbornly resistant to authority or control;

   "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"
   "a refractory child"
   

2. easily irritated or annoyed;

   "an incorrigibly fractious young man"
   "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
   

3. unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome;

   "rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas"
   "fractious components of a communication system"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Children often get fractious and tearful when tired.
   孩子们疲倦时易怒好哭。
2. The six fractious republics are demanding autonomy.
   这六个闹分裂的加盟共和国要求自治。

经典引文

• Christina was the more fractious of the two, passionate and given to terrible tantrums.

  出自： K. Jones

• The horse was fractious and scared and it skittered about in the street.

  出自： C. McCarthy

近反义词

【近义词】

• defiant 挑衅的
• irritable 易怒的
• testy 易怒的
• peevish 易怒的
• restless 不安宁的
• touchy 易怒的
• grumpy 性情乖戾的
• tetchy 易怒的
• scratchy 潦草的
• refractory 不听话的
• techy 易怒的
• pettish 易怒的
• petulant 暴躁的
• peckish 饿的
• cranky 怪癖的
• recalcitrant 反抗的
• nettlesome 令人激恼的