restive

英 [ˈrestɪv]

美 [ˈrestɪv]

adj.  难驾驭的; 焦躁不安的; 不耐烦的

GRE

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.
  1. The audience grew restive.
     观众变得不耐烦了。
  2. ...restive national minorities.
     心怀不满的少数民族

英英释义

adj

• impatient especially under restriction or delay
  1. the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive
• being in a tense state
  Synonym:edgyhigh-strunghighly strungjitteryjumpynervyoverstrunguptight

双语例句

• Now Aleppo seems increasingly restive.
  现在，阿勒颇似乎越来越躁动不安。
• 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。
• The government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive.
  政府未采取任何措施放松出口限制，因此国内制造商变得焦虑不安。
• It is restive, confused, gently millenarian.
  这是一种焦躁、懵懂又温和的“千禧年”状态[8]。
• 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 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；
• The audience grew restive.
  观众变得不耐烦了。
• 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。
• His face was quite stolid, But he looked at her with restive eyes.
  他脸上没有表情，眼睛却倔强地看着她。
• If Kosovo remains unresolved and restive, the EU will not admit Serbia as a member.
  如果科索沃问题悬而未决且难以控制，欧盟不会承认塞尔维亚为一个成员国。