| 词汇 | curmudgeonly |
| 释义 | curmudgeonly adjective old-fashioneduk /kəˈmʌdʒ.ən.li/ us /kɚˈmʌdʒ.ən.li/ often in a bad mood: 脾气暴躁地 a superb drama about a curmudgeonly old man一部关于一个脾气暴躁的老人的精彩戏剧 "I don't want to sound curmudgeonly, but I really deserve to win the prize," she complained.“我不想显得态度不好，但我真的应该赢得这个奖项，”她抱怨道。 See curmudgeon I can't spend another Christmas trying to have conversations with your curmudgeonly great-uncle. She was often curmudgeonly and enjoyed breaking friendships. He's downright curmudgeonly when it comes to some of these issues! Bad-tempered argumentative bad-tempered be hell on wheelsidiom be like a bear with a sore headidiom be spoiling for a fightidiom grouchy grumpily grumpiness grumpy have a short fuseidiom pettishly petulance petulancy petulant petulantly surlily surliness testily testiness testy Examples of curmudgeonlycurmudgeonly This partly reflects my curmudgeonly insistence that we stay focused on explaining function in the adult. His career after 1796 would reveal that he could be curmudgeonly and selfish in placing himself before his country, and this sense of entitlement may have characterized his personality earlier. Well, they may be sullen and curmudgeonly if they will. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, we all wish that this had happened in the past, but let us not be curmudgeonly; this is an important step forward. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us not be curmudgeonly on that score. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I must say, even in his absence, that his slightly curmudgeonly remarks were biased. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not wish to be curmudgeonly; it is a remarkable occasion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is curmudgeonly and silly to do otherwise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that they are being extremely curmudgeonly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So let us not be curmudgeonly about this. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, we know that we cannot respond, like some leader writers, in a curmudgeonly or grudging manner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of a pro-euro speech we got the usual curmudgeonly stuff about there being no fudge on the five economic tests and no quick fix. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would not be in my nature to be curmudgeonly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A mean and curmudgeonly attitude will not be in our best interests. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand that, and it would be curmudgeonly to press the point too hard. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of curmudgeonly 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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