feisty

英 [ˈfaɪsti]

美 [ˈfaɪsti]

adj.  坚决而据理力争的

最高级：feistiest　比较级：feistier　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.37845 / COCA.15906

牛津词典

adj.

• 坚决而据理力争的
  strong, determined and not afraid of arguing with people

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (常指出乎意料地)顽强独立的，精神抖擞的
  If you describe someone asfeisty, you mean that they are tough, independent, and spirited, often when you would not expect them to be, for example because they are old or ill.
  1. The soldier looked incredulously at the feisty child...
     士兵难以置信地看着这个异常顽强的孩子。
  2. At 66, she was as feisty as ever.
     66岁的她还和从前一样精神矍铄。

英英释义

adj

• quick to take offense
  Synonym:huffythin-skinnedtouchy
• showing courage
  1. the champion is faced with a feisty challenger
  Synonym:pluckyspunky

双语例句

• My maternal grandma is an independent feisty old lady.
  外婆是个坚强独立的老婆婆。
• Feisty is very attractive on you.
  情绪化的你很有魅力。
• The soldier looked incredulously at the feisty child
  士兵难以置信地看着这个异常顽强的孩子。
• Rodriguez was a starter when Liverpool beat Everton in a feisty Merseyside derby at the beginning of the month.
  本月初利物浦莫西塞德德比击败埃弗顿比赛中，罗德里格斯是其中一员。
• More than ten years ago, those feisty people in our generation have been looking for the ideal of Utopia there, and formed an art community outside the power circle.
  十多年前我们这一代人中的不安分者在那里寻觅过乌托邦的理想，形成在权力话语之外的艺术群落。
• In other words, there is no demand for feisty females who challenge the clubby atmosphere of cigar-perfumed boardrooms.
  换言之，这些机构不需要个性好强、勇于挑战男性主宰的董事会气氛的女性。
• After circling her opponent with what onlookers described as a deathly stare, the streets feisty newcomer attacked.
  弗莱娅绕着她的对手转圈，旁观的人描述她是死死盯住拉里，然后这只充满活力的唐宁街新任御就猫发动了攻击。
• Tanya: She's feisty, I love that.
  坦尼娅：她的活力，我喜欢。
• But with the military pledging to hold new elections within a year, analysts say the feisty billionaire probably aspires to make a political comeback.
  但由于军方承诺将在一年内举行新的大选，分析人士说，这名活跃的亿万富豪佷可能图谋在政治上东山再起。
• Zhang Mo is superb as Fans servant, a feisty, proud and excitable man who becomes a pitiable figure.
  张默作为范殿元的仆人非常尽责，他是个精力充沛、充满骄傲而容易激动的人，也是个值得怜悯的人物形象。