Restive
['restɪv] or ['rɛstɪv]
解释:
(adj.) impatient especially under restriction or delay; 'the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive' .
加勒特录入--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back.
(a.) Inactive; sluggish.
(a.) Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition; refractory.
(a.) Uneasy; restless; averse to standing still; fidgeting about; -- applied especially to horses.
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同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Stubborn, mulish, restiff, obstinate.[2]. Uneasy, impatient, restless, ill at ease, unquiet.
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同义词及反义词：
SYN:Stubborn, obstinate, uneasy, balky, recalcitrant
ANT:Docile, manageable, tractable
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解释:
adj. unwilling to go forward: obstinate: jibbing back like a restive horse.—adv. Res′tively.—n. Res′tiveness.
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例句:
- Yet I am of opinion, this defect arises chiefly from a perverse, restive disposition; for they are cunning, malicious, treacherous, and revengeful. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- It did not succeed because human nature was contrary and restive. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Mr Pancks was the third, and carried his hat under his arm for the liberation of his restive hair; the weather being extremely hot. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- She became restive, insisted upon her rights, and finally announced her positive intention of going to a certain ball. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- No,' said Mr Wegg, who was growing restive under this examination. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Some time after midnight, growing restive under the storm and the continuous pain, I moved back to the log-house under the bank. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- He was restive under these victories and often asked: What did that pirate say? 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- The restive little man detested spur or curb: against whatever was urgent or obligatory, he was sure to revolt. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
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