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

• She's still feisty though, like she was in season one, which is fun.
  但是她还和第一季里一样脾气暴躁，这一点很有意思。
• My maternal grandma is an independent feisty old lady.
  外婆是个坚强独立的老婆婆。
• Feng ditches his usual sharp-tongued humor and feisty characters to concentrate on stimulating the tear ducts through traditional but polished storytelling technique.
  冯小刚导演摈弃了自己惯用的尖酸刻薄的幽默以及贫嘴的角色，而是用传统而流畅的叙事技巧来刺激观众的泪腺。
• The champion is faced with a feisty challenger.
  冠军面临着一个勇敢的挑战者。
• "Yoshida" checked with Sato, who thought this might work. Team mate Takuma Sato drove a feisty race.
  吉田征求了佐藤的意见，佐藤认为这个办法也许可行。队友佐藤琢磨完成了一场活跃的比赛。
• 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。
• Zhang and Leung dominate the movie, while Kaneshiro is fine as wily strategist Zhuge and Zhao adds welcome humor as the feisty princess.
  张（丰毅）和梁在电影中占主导地位，而金城武的老谋深算的军师诸葛亮也演得不错，赵薇为其扮演的有胆色有勇气的公主加入了颇受欢迎的幽默。
• He said he was competitive and feisty and he did not back down.
  他说他很有竞争力，很好强，而且不退缩。
• 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。
• The feisty Blankfein, the son of a postal worker who grew up in Brooklyn, is one of the only big bank CEOs to have kept his job after the financial crisis.
  精力充沛、行事果断的布兰克费恩是一名邮政工人的儿子，在纽约布鲁克林长大，是少数几个在金融危机之后仍成功留任的大银行首席执行官之一。