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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Sino-Indian relations, too, have become noticeably more fractious.
  中印关系也明显变得更加动荡。
• But it is also a signal to a fractious Europe that markets are losing patience with endless political dithering.
  但它也向任性的欧洲发出一个信号：市场正对无休止的政治迟疑失去耐心。
• Every time I got home, she always shaking her tail, I went to the fractious arms.
  每当我回到家的时候，她总是摇着她的尾巴跑到我的怀里撒娇。
• 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。
• 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。
• That may make the world a little less fractious.
  这或许会让世界更容易驾驭一点。
• 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。