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
- When the singer was late, the audience grew restive.
歌手迟迟不出场，听众变得不耐烦了。 - Two Swedish journalists have told an Ethiopian court they were upholding the highest traditions of their profession when they were arrested in the company of rebels in the restive Ogaden region.
两名瑞典记者在埃塞俄比亚法庭上说，当他们在奥加登地区和叛军一同被捕时，是在为他们职业的最高传统标准尽责。 - 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。 - Reports say army units exchanged fire after one refused to shoot at protesters in restive city of Deraa.
报道说在德拉，一支叙利亚军队拒绝服从命令向抗议者开枪，之后两支军队发生交火。 - 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。 - 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； - 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 restive area is home to China's minority ethnic Uighurs, who are ethnically related to Turks.
新疆是中国维吾尔少数民族的聚居地，他们在种族上与土耳其人有渊源。 - It is restive, confused, gently millenarian.
这是一种焦躁、懵懂又温和的“千禧年”状态[8]。