restive
发音
英 [ˈrestɪv]
美 [ˈrɛstɪv]
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- adj.
- 焦躁不安的
- 难以驾驭的，不受管束的
单词词源
restive 倔强的，难驾驭的
来自拉丁语 restare,站回，留下，遗留，来自 re-,向后，往回，stare,站立，词源同 stand.原用 于形容马站着不肯走的，引申词义倔强的，难驾驭的等。
双语例句
- 1. No wonder that the migrants are increasingly restive .
- 因此外来人员日益感到不安也就不足为奇了。
- 2. Unprofitable state enterprises argued that closing them would put restive workers on the streets and would deprive the state of essential production .
- 亏损的国有企业狡辩称，关闭企业它将把焦躁的工人们推到大街上，丧失基本的生产活动。
- 3. Northern electorates are growing restive over the apparently endless bail-outs .
- 北部选民对看上去无休止的援助计划越发感觉不安。
- 4. But mr saleh 's forced departure has given the restive southerners a fillip .
- 但是萨利赫先生这次被迫离开也门给躁动的南方人一个反弹的机会。
- 5. Maybe so . But his security service is still cracking down on tripoli 's restive suburbs .
- 也许是这样，但卡扎菲的安全部队仍在镇压着的黎波里的动荡郊区。