单词详解 | petulant

petulant
音标
英音/ ˈpetjulənt / 美音/ ˈpetʃələnt /

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
Erik ten Hag excused Fernandes for his petulant behaviour against Liverpool, with Fernandes saying before the FA Cup final in June that he felt he owed the Dutchman for standing by him.
埃里克十哈格原谅了费尔南德斯在对阵利物浦时的暴躁行为,费尔南德斯在六月的足总杯决赛前表示,他觉得自己欠荷兰人对他的支持。
BBC

Fearing her mom’s judgment, Sam reverts to a petulant adolescence.
由于担心妈妈的判断,萨姆又回到了脾气暴躁的青春期。
Washington Post

“This isn’t something — ‘I get it because I want it,’ like a petulant child.
“这并不像一个任性的孩子那样‘我得到它是因为我想要它’。
Washington Post

基本释意
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暴躁的;任性的;难以取悦的

同义词
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短释义
The adjective petulant is a disapproving term used to describe a bad-tempered child, an adult behaving like an angry child or behavior of this type. It’s one thing to be angry or annoyed but if someone is petulant, they’re acting in an unreasonable or unjustified manner. Petulant came to English in the late 16th century from the Latin petulantem, “forward, insolent” but was not recorded to mean “childishly irritable” until the late 1700s.
选择形容词“任性”来形容孩子气地烦躁的人或行为。

长释义
The adjective petulant is a disapproving term used to describe a bad-tempered child, an adult behaving like an angry child or behavior of this type. It’s one thing to be angry or annoyed but if someone is petulant, they’re acting in an unreasonable or unjustified manner. Petulant came to English in the late 16th century from the Latin petulantem, “forward, insolent” but was not recorded to mean “childishly irritable” until the late 1700s.
形容词任性是一个不赞成的术语,用于描述脾气暴躁的孩子、表现得像生气的孩子或此类行为。生气或恼怒是一回事,但如果有人脾气暴躁,他们的行为就是不合理或不合理的。 Petulant 于 16 世纪末从拉丁语 petulantem 传入英语,意为“向前、无礼”,但直到 1700 年代末才被记录为“幼稚易怒”的意思。

文学例句
“I was looking for someone else. Handsome, petulant, short, not pleasant until after ten a.m.? Have you seen him?”
“我正在寻找其他人。长得帅,脾气暴躁,个子矮,上午十点以后还不讨人喜欢?你见过他吗?
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

The anxiety feels like buzzing little wings in his ear in the silence, like a petulant wasp.
焦虑感就像寂静中在他耳边嗡嗡作响的小翅膀,就像一只任性的黄蜂。
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

When Frankie returned his foot to Whitby’s chest, the man glowered at him with petulant rage, his monocle dangling down his bruised cheek.
当弗兰基把脚放回惠特比的胸口时,那人怒气冲冲地瞪着他,单片眼镜垂在青肿的脸颊上。
The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros

词源
petulant (adj.)1590s, “immodest, wanton, saucy,” from French petulant (mid-14c.), from Latin petulantem (nominative petulans) “wanton, froward, saucy, insolent,” present participle of petere “to attack, assail; strive after; ask for, beg, beseech” (from PIE root *pet- “to rush, to fly”). Meaning “irritable, manifesting peevish impatience” is by 1775, probably by influence of pet (n.2). Related: Petulantly.Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
petulant (adj.)1590年代,“不谦虚的,肆意的,俏皮的”,来自法语petulant(14世纪中期),来自拉丁语petulantem(主格petulans)“肆意的,任性的,俏皮的,无礼的,”petere的现在分词“攻击,攻击;争取;请求,恳求”(来自 PIE 词根 *pet-“冲,去飞”)。意思是“易怒的,表现出暴躁的不耐烦”是在1775年,可能是受到宠物的影响(n.2)。相关:任性。相关条目及更多


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