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。 - By the time they turned to history, Young Griff was growing restive.
等到开始上历史，小格里夫变得不耐烦了。 - 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； - 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。 - It is restive, confused, gently millenarian.
这是一种焦躁、懵懂又温和的“千禧年”状态[8]。 - They became restive and began to clear their throat.
他们变得焦躁不安，开始咳嗽似地清起嗓门来。 - 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。 - Some Pakistanis also say they suspect the Afghan government of meddling in Pakistan's restive Baluchistan province.
一些巴基斯坦人怀疑阿富汗政府干预巴基斯坦形势不稳定的卑路支省。 - But while Moscow has long been able to buy stability in its restive outer regions, using windfall oil revenues, the strategy is being undermined by low oil prices, budget cuts, plunging economic growth and high unemployment.
尽管莫斯科多年来能够用石油收入的横财在不太平的边远地区买到稳定，但这一战略正受到油价下跌、预算削减、经济减速和高失业率的侵蚀。 - 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。