querulous

英 [ˈkwerələs]

美 [ˈkwerələs]

adj.  抱怨的; 显得恼怒的

GRETEM8

BNC.34296 / COCA.31183

牛津词典

adj.

• 抱怨的；显得恼怒的
  complaining; showing that you are annoyed

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 牢骚满腹的;爱抱怨的
  Someone who isquerulousoften complains about things.
  1. A querulous male voice said, 'Look, are you going to order, or what?'
     一个男人不满地问：“喂，你到底要不要点菜？”

英英释义

adj

• habitually complaining
  1. a whiny child
  Synonym:fretfulwhineywhiny

双语例句

• The sighs of relief did not just come from Tim Geithner at the US Treasury, who was facing a querulous Congress and increasing pressure to label China a "currency manipulator".
  感到如释重负的不只是美国财长蒂姆盖特纳（timgeithner）美国国会对他感到不满，要求他将中国列为“汇率操纵国”的压力渐增。
• People get rude and whiny and exacting when they are exhausted. One gets unsettled, depressed, and inclined to be querulous.
  人在筋疲力尽的时候会变得粗暴、爱发牢骚而苛求。有的人变得心绪不宁，神情沮丧，动不动就爱发牢骚。
• The querulous old man refused to be put on the shelf.
  那个爱抱怨的老人不肯让人撇在一边。
• A querulous male voice said, 'Look, are you going to order, or what?'
  一个男人不满地问：“喂，你到底要不要点菜？”
• He became increasingly dissatisfied and querulous in his old age.
  到了晚年，他愈感不满，牢骚不断。
• And thus it is that time goes by while I give it to every querulous man who claims it, and thine altar is empty of all offerings to the last.
  因此，在我把时间让给每一个性急的，向我索要时间的人，我们的时间就虚度了，最后你的神坛上就没有一点祭品。
• One gets unsettled, depressed, and inclined to be querulous.
  有的人变得心绪不宁，神情沮丧，动不动就爱发牢骚。
• The querulous bray of a waking donkey.
  醒驴的哀叫声。
• Negative attitude may make you depressed, disappointed, querulous at your life, and make you self-close, restrict and kill your own potential.
  消极心态使人沮丧、失望，对生活和人生充满了抱怨，自我封闭，限制和扼杀自己的潜能。
• He was not one who was inclined to be querulous.
  他并不是爱吹毛求疵的人。