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 US and China squared off over a series of contentious diplomatic, economic and business disputes in a White House summit on Wednesday, in meetings that the two sides hope will stabilise fractious bilateral ties.
  美国和中国周三在白宫举行的峰会上就一系列棘手的外交、经济和商业争端展开对话，双方希望这些会谈将有助于稳定充满波折的双边关系。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She was fractious with other children.
  她同其他孩子在一起时脾气很暴躁。
• 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。
• Run by fractious triumvirate, it produced some noble plays.
  由独断专行的三人小组经营该剧团演出了一些名剧。
• AIG is still looking for a chairman, whose primary job will be to manage the troubled company's fractious relationship with the Obama administration, lawmakers and regulators.
  AIG仍在寻找担任董事长的合适人选。该职位的主要职责将是改善这家陷入困境的公司与奥巴马（Obama）政府、议员和监管机构的不和睦的关系。
• The detentions have heightened tensions between Canberra and Beijing and come amid fractious talks between the Chinese Steel Association and Australian mining groups to set an annual benchmark price for iron ore.
  此次拘留事件已经加剧了堪培拉和北京之间的紧张关系，而且正值中国钢铁工业协会与澳洲矿商有关铁矿石年度基准价格的谈判陷入僵局。
• A fractious group of left-wing parties is not always reliable and unlikely to back tough reforms.
  一群急躁的左翼党派往往不可信赖也不可能支撑起艰巨的改革事业。