restive
英 ['restɪv]
美['rɛstɪv]
- adj. 倔强的；难驾御的；不安宁的
词态变化
名词: restiveness;
中文词源
restive 倔强的，难驾驭的
来自拉丁语 restare,站回，留下，遗留，来自 re-,向后，往回，stare,站立，词源同 stand.原用 于形容马站着不肯走的，引申词义倔强的，难驾驭的等。
英英释意
- 1. being in a tense state
- 2. impatient especially under restriction or delay;
- "the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive"
英文词源
- restive
- restive: see rest
- restive (adj.)
- early 15c., restyffe "not moving forward," from Middle French restif "motionless, brought to a standstill" (Modern French rétif), from rester "to remain" (see rest (n.2)). Sense of "unmanageable" (1680s) evolved via notion of a horse refusing to go forward.
实用场景例句
- The crowd grew restive.
- 群众逐渐喧闹起来.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The audience grew restive.
- 观众变得不耐烦了。
辞典例句
- When the singer was late, the audience grew restive.
- 歌手迟迟不出场, 听众变得不耐烦了.
互联网
- Yet I am of opinion, this defect arises chiefly from a perverse, restive disposition.
- 但是我个人认为, 这个缺憾最主要是来自他们刚愎, 倔强的个性.
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- The trouble, as you have found, is that the tier below will feel put - upon and restive.
- 麻烦在于 —— 正如你所发现的 —— 底下的人会感到成了牺牲品,而且心绪不宁.
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- The cool, restive Halls of the Passed echo with his prophetic voice of eternal wisdom.
- 冰冷, 宁静的往者之亭回响着他充满智慧的预知之声.
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