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词汇 restiveness
释义 restiveness
noun[ U ]
 formaluk /ˈres.tɪv.nəs/ us /ˈres.tɪv.nəs/
the quality of being unwilling to be controlled or be patient: 难驾驭,不受管束;焦躁不安
The region has a long history of restiveness.该地区有着长期动荡的历史。
The restiveness among citizens was evident in the city last night.这个城市市民的不安情绪昨晚表现得很明显。
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The party is facing increasing restiveness from members.
Congress's growing restiveness over economic policy
Signs of restiveness increased, with farmers rioting.
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First, pervasive economic crisis imposed hardships and raised the restiveness of the civil population.
Fourth, the imposition of the structural adjustment programme in 1986 increased hardships that exacerbated the restiveness of the population.
Going to a new school is in itself a cause of restiveness, and the children do not quickly settle down.
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And there is a great deal of restiveness not only amongst moderate opinion, but amongst our own supporters in the country.
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Again, a lack of professional labour management has aggravated the restiveness and the feeling of alienation of a large mass of workers.
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There is inevitably restiveness amongst the staff, who do not know their own future.
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He is showing some unusual signs of restiveness for this time of the night.
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At the very heart of clause 9 is an admission of great public restiveness, reservation and, indeed, challenge to modern expansive agricultural practices.
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There are already signs of restiveness in the working population about the burden of providing for those in retirement.
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Within the receiving countries there is restiveness and dissatisfaction.
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There is more industrial resentment and restiveness' today than there has been at any time since 1926.
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It is a question whether the uneasiness and restiveness are due to individuals or to events.
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There will be a feeling of restiveness, a feeling of revolt, a feeling of the need for recuperation.
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We have to visualise the restiveness and reckless-mindedness that is beginning to develop.
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That only produces a sense of inequality and inferiority, and that, in turn, produces restiveness, which, as we have seen, is liable to blaze into an outbreak.
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