| 词汇 | quarrelsome |
| 释义 | quarrelsome adjective disapprovinguk /ˈkwɒr.əl.səm/ us /ˈkwɔːr.əl.səm/ A quarrelsome person repeatedly argues with other people.好争吵的;好口角的 Bad-tempered argumentative bad-tempered be hell on wheelsidiom be like a bear with a sore headidiom be spoiling for a fightidiom grouchiness grouchy grumpily grumpiness grumpy pettish pettishly petulance petulancy petulant surlily surliness testily testiness testy Examples of quarrelsomequarrelsome Seeing his slovenly and quarrelsome wife's face, he leaves his meal and goes outside. To put all five quarrelsome women in their place, they were all presented as scolds. He was moody, quarrelsome and indifferent to her and their son. He needed also to maintain socially and emotionally comfortable circumstances for his guests by preserving harmony among a notoriously quarrelsome group of people. Friendly conversation was encouraged, while quarrelsome behavior, along with morally corrupt practices like swearing, gambling, and card-playing, would not be tolerated. From the ruins of this quarrelsome period he salvages a surprisingly coherent body of ideas, articulated through the writings of forgotten second- and third-tier intellectuals. From 87 patients for whom he had information about premorbid personality function, 35 had what he termed 'paranoid traits', in that they had been quarrelsome, sensitive, suspicious or generally hostile. Fourierists were not convinced that the liberation of the passions would mean unalloyed bliss, and perhaps their own quarrelsome relationships with their master might have influenced their scepticism. And colleges are made up of people who are not naturally quarrelsome, but who have been trained to take no argument at its face value. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we want to live in a peaceful world, we shall all have to give up the right of being quarrelsome. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not a question of being quarrelsome. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is the largest commoner and the least quarrelsome. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are men who the friendly societies think quarrelsome. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think we are so pure or anything like so quarrelsome as is usually stated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is another rather quarrelsome set of figures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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