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

• The art of Belgian political leadership consists of bringing consensus to a broad and fractious coalition.
  比利时的政治领导艺术，在于让一个难以驾驭的联盟形成共识。
• Above all, he sees Europe as it is: a fractious collection of27 members.
  在他的眼中，欧盟是一个由27名成员组成的、轻率急躁的集体。
• 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。
• There is continually someone brave to be primary to fractious a bridge!
  不断有勇敢的人将主要以任性的桥梁！
• The relationship between Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma and former Yahoo Chief Executive Carol Bartz seemed fractious.
  阿里巴巴集团主席马云和雅虎前首席执行长巴茨（CarolBartz）之间的关系似乎充满了火药味。
• Germany's attempt to erect a protective barrier against unwanted foreign investors has become hostage to the mounting political tensions in Chancellor Angela Merkel's fractious grand coalition.
  德国试图对不受欢迎的国外投资者树立保护性壁垒的举措，已受到总理安吉拉•默克尔（AngelaMerkel）难以驾驭的大联合政府（GrandCoalition）内部日益紧张的政治关系的制约。
• Since the second world war, the US has led the evolution of a system of multilateral export controls that has worked well to stem transfers of militarily useful commercial commodities and technology to fractious or unstable nations.
  自二战以来，美国领导了多边出口管制体系的发展，有效地阻止了具有军事用途的商业物资和技术转移到不友好或是不稳定的国家。
• 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。
• She was fractious with other children.
  她同其他孩子在一起时脾气很暴躁。
• 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。