restive
英 [ˈrestɪv]
美 [ˈrestɪv]
adj. 难驾驭的; 焦躁不安的; 不耐烦的
BNC.21619 / COCA.21413
牛津词典
adj.
- 难驾驭的;焦躁不安的;不耐烦的
unable to stay still, or unwilling to be controlled, especially because you feel bored or not satisfied
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 不耐烦的;厌烦的;不满的
If you arerestive, you are impatient, bored, or dissatisfied.- The audience grew restive.
观众变得不耐烦了。 - ...restive national minorities.
心怀不满的少数民族
- The audience grew restive.
英英释义
adj
- impatient especially under restriction or delay
- the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive
- being in a tense state
双语例句
- Now Aleppo seems increasingly restive.
现在,阿勒颇似乎越来越躁动不安。 - The YAHOOS were the most filthy, noisome, and deformed animals which nature ever produced, so they were the most restive and indocile, mischievous and malicious;
“雅虎”是大自然所生的一种最肮脏、最有害、最丑恶的动物,因此它们最为倔强而又不可驯服,恶毒而又惹事生非; - Nor is there much of a sign restive workers are on the verge of demanding better hours or higher wages, unhappy as they may be about$ 4 gasoline.
而且,也没有多少迹象显示,在汽油价格高达4美元/加仑之时,有不满足于现状的雇员很快会要求更高的时薪或工资。 - It is restive, confused, gently millenarian.
这是一种焦躁、懵懂又温和的“千禧年”状态[8]。 - For this reason the restive youth of China and Oman are different from those of north Africa.
基于这个理由,中国及阿曼那些躁动不安的年轻人与北非的年轻人截然不同。 - But local residents in pakistan's restive northwest tribal region blamed the military, saying assailants fired missiles into the house.
但是,动荡的巴基斯坦西北部落地区的居民指责政府军,说攻击者向房子里发射火箭。 - The audience was becoming restive as they waited for the performance to begin.
观众们在等待演出开始的时候,变得不耐烦了。 - It wants to find another country with which to share the burden of securing the restive province of Uruzgan.
它希望找到另一个国家来分担稳定难以控制的乌鲁兹根省的负担。 - The prime minister's second achievement has been to tackle spain's restive regions.
他的第二个成就是成功解决了西班牙的动乱地区问题。 - In an attempt to stabilise cotton supplies and soothe restive farmers in Xinjiang, in 2011 China set a cotton price floor and started stockpiling the material.
为稳定棉花供应及安抚新疆躁动不安的棉农,2011年中国设定了棉花价格下限并开始囤积棉花。