petulance
['petjul?ns]
- n. 易怒；生氣；性急；暴躁
GRE
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?petulantly;形容詞:?petulant;
英文詞源
- petulance (n.)
- c. 1600, "insolence, immodesty," from French pétulance (early 16c.), from Latin petulantia "sauciness, impudence," noun of quality from petulantem (see petulant). Meaning "peevishness" is recorded from 1784, from influence of pettish, etc. It displaced earlier petulancy (1550s).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. His petulance made her impatient.
- 他的任性讓她無(wú)法忍受。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 2. He tore up the manuscript in a fit of petulance.
- 他一怒之下把手稿撕碎了.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 3. Control yourself , sir. These outbursts of petulance are not seemly.
- 您哪, 就克制點(diǎn)吧. 這么使性子可不像話.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. Zeus's pride and petulance became more and more intolerable.
- 宙斯的傲氣和喜怒無(wú)常的脾氣實(shí)在太叫人難以忍受.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. His impolite manners incurred her petulance.
- 他不禮貌的舉動(dòng)激怒了她.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)