中文翻译与英英解释 | adj.
脾气坏的，爱吵闹的。
adv.
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| having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers
同义词：crotchety, ornery,
| | stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator
同义词：bloody-minded,
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例句与用法 | 1. | Cantankerous chap roger always was
罗杰始终是一个坏脾气的家伙。
| | 2. | Mrs letouzel , you cantankerous old bag , what do you mean , by complaining about your money
累托兹太太，你这个老泼妇，你为你的钱叫苦连天，这究竟是什么意思！
| | 3. | You may not be an easy person to live with because of periodic outbursts of temper and sometimes cantankerous attitude
你可能不是个容易相处的人，因为你周期性情绪的爆发及偶尔发作的脾气暴躁。
| | 4. | Wild cats rarely make good house pets . they are typically shy , retiring , elusive , nocturnal and often cantankerous
大意指野生猫科动物很少能成为好的家庭宠物。它们通常是害羞、孤独、琢磨不透、夜间行动的，且脾气往往很坏。
| | 5. | Again , think of that self - opinionated , cantankerous loud - mouth ; he / she should learn good manners , and the group must learn to enforce these manners without destructive confrontation
固执，自负和在与人讨论时滔滔不绝的人需要培养自己的礼仪，团队也需要强制他们以免出现破坏性的争执。
| | 6. | One young man , working for a movie talent agency , was the only person willing to listen to a cantankerous star complain about her problems hour after hour , day after day . no one else took the time
有位在电影人才经纪公司任职的年轻人，是该公司惟一愿意每天，甚至每个小时，听一位脾气古怪的电影明星抱怨的人。
| | 7. | The shovel tusks are territorial and will protect their feeding grounds with deadly force . adventurers traveling in northrend would be wise to avoid these cantankerous and unpredictable beasts
这种动物很有领地意识，将会尽全力保护他们自己的领土。在诺森德的冒险旅行家们，最好留意防范，躲过这种危险，不可预知的动物。
| | 8. | If you think this is a nebulous concept when applied to the world of industry , consider the opposite effect that a self - opinionated , cantankerous loud - mouth would have on your performance and then contrast that to working with a friendly , open , helpful associate
如果你认为在传统工业界中这只是些模糊的概念的话，设想一个固执，刚愎自用而且讨论问题时大声嚷嚷的同事（对比一个友善，性格开朗和乐于助人的同事）会对你的工作造成什么样的影响。
| | 9. | Here it comes , i think , bracing myself for a classic norman fulmination on how basic design flaws in ordinary objects are the true sources of most “ human error . ” after all , such cantankerous critiques in his 1988 book the psychology of everyday things were what brought him international fame outside the narrow field of cognitive science
毕竟，诺曼之所以能超越认知科学这个小小的领域而扬名国际，就是因为他在1988年出版的《设计心理学》一书中，秉持这种唱反调的评论。
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