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
- 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。 - Many Arab states of the Middle East have already achieved parity in the basic education of girls – a hopeful sign for their future – but more could be done to provide opportunity to a restive youth population.
中东地区的许多阿拉伯国家已做到在基础教育领域对男女学生一视同仁对这些国家的未来而言,这是一个充满希望的迹象但是它们还可以做得更多,以为躁动不安的年轻人提供机会。 - The sudden price boom provoked a worldwide food crisis that had governments scrambling to secure supplies often through a "starve-thy-neighbour" policy of encouraging imports to feed their restive populations while blocking their own farmers from selling abroad.
突如其来的价格上涨,引发了一场全球性的粮食危机,各国政府争先恐后的确保粮食供应,它们往往采取一种“以邻为壑”的政策鼓励粮食进口以供养本国焦躁不安的人民,同时禁止本国农民出口粮食。 - The dogs were feeling restive because they sensed a storm was in the air.
狗表现焦躁不安,因为它们感觉到暴风雨就要来临了。 - 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。 - Offer energy resources as tribute [ to Beijing] to create harmony proclaims a giant billboard outside a petrol station in Korla, in Xinjiang province, China's restive western frontier region.
在中国不那么稳定的西部边疆地区,新疆库尔勒市一座加油站外面,一块巨大的广告牌上写着奉献能源创造和谐。 - No countries are watching Jordan more keenly than Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and a currently restive Bahrain. Unrest in their neighbour will make all three more cautious about allowing citizens to speak their minds.
对约旦关注最为密切的莫过于沙特阿拉伯、科威特和目前陷入动乱的巴林。邻国的动荡让这三个国家对于让公民表达自己的意愿变得更为警惕。 - 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。 - 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。