unruly

英 [ʌn'ruːli] 美 [ʌn'ruːli]

• adj. 难控制的；无法无天的；任性的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline;

   "a boisterous crowd"
   "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"
   "a robustious group of teenagers"
   "beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings"
   "an unruly class"
   

2. unwilling to submit to authority;

   "unruly teenagers"
   

3. of persons;

   "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. They are unruly mob.
   他们是些难以控制的暴徒。
2. The unruly students mocked their teacher.
   这群无法无天的学生嘲笑老师。
3. The unruly crowd became even more boisterous when he tried to quiet them.
   他试图使那些横蛮任性的人们安静下来，可他们却吵嚷得更加厉害。

经典引文

• It is impracticable to control their unruly passions.

  出自： P. Colquhoun

• Some of the boys got unruly and did what they liked.

  出自： P. Kavanagh

词汇搭配

• the unruly member 难于控制的器官...

近反义词

【近义词】

• disorderly 无秩序的
• wild 野生的
• rampant 猖獗的
• riotous 暴乱的
• lawless 违法的
• ornery 脾气坏的
• indomitable 不屈不挠的
• backward 向后的
• turbulent 狂暴的
• defiant 挑衅的
• unmanageable 难处理的
• intractable 难驾驭的
• recalcitrant 反抗的
• boisterous 喧闹的
• uncontrollable 无法管束的
• disobedient 不服从的
• ungovernable 难管制的
• disruptive 分裂的
• rowdy 吵闹的
• obstreperous 吵闹的
• wilful 任性的
• willful 任性的
• wayward 任性的
• refractory 不听话的
• rambunctious 粗暴的
• robustious 强壮的
• rumbustious 喧闹的
• indocile 不听话的

【反义词】

• tame 驯服的