词为我用 - irascible

词汇释义

irascible  TEM8  GRE

UK  /ɪˈræs.ə.bəl/ US  /ɪˈræs.ə.bəl/

adj, If you describe someone as irascible, you mean that they become angry very easily.易怒的，性情暴躁的

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外刊例句

1. Navy leaders worry about protecting the ship, but also about shielding the Navy from an irascible, impulsive commander in chief.(Washington Post)

2. Dr. Coburn saw himself as a contrarian who wore his intermittent unpopularity as a badge of honor and grew irascible when others tried to convince him that party loyalty trumped his core beliefs.(Washington Post)

3. He was asked about his feelings to other drummers, including one of the most influential and irascible of them all: Ginger Baker.(The Guardian)

4. But the Gallagher case illustrates how an irascible, vengeful commander in chief is ready to override traditional limits to aid political allies in foreign policy, law enforcement and now military matters.(Washington Post)

5. But part of the appeal of this book is that Olive hasn’t changed; she is still the irascible older woman in familiar Maine surroundings, whose standard cuss word is “Godfrey.”(Washington Times)

6. There was speculation that the notably irascible Prayuth might lose his temper, under unaccustomed, direct challenge from opposition party lawmakers.(Seattle Times)

7. The scenes of the household functioning around the resident irascible genius are priceless.(The Guardian)

8. Doris Lessing, 94, an independent and often irascible author who won the Nobel Prize in 2007, died in London.(Washington Times)

9. With his irascible grin and fighter-pilot moxie, McCain won election to the House from Arizona twice and the Senate six times.(Seattle Times)

10. That showdown became the movie “Spotlight,” in which Liev Schreiber played Mr. Baron as introverted, irascible, and unbending — a depiction that Post employees describe as uncannily accurate.(New York Times)

11. Sen. John McCain was his usual irascible self, frustrated with the nonanswers he was getting from the witness, whom he was increasingly treating as hostile.(Washington Post)

12. And Thailand’s companies are keen on tie-ups in Vietnam, to flee low growth and irascible military rule at home.(TheEconomist)

词汇搭配

irascible people | grow irascible

词汇家族

irascibility, irascibly

词汇来源

late 14c., from Old French irascible (12c.) and directly from Late Latin irascibilis, from Latin irasci "be angry, be in a rage," from ira "anger" (see ire).Irascible indicates quicker and more intense bursts of anger than irritable, and less powerful, lasting, or manifest bursts than passionate.

近义词

choleric, crabby, cranky, cross, crotchety, fiery, grouchy, grumpy, irritable, peevish, perverse, pettish, petulant, prickly, quick-tempered, raspy, ratty, short-tempered, snappish, snappy, snarky, snippety, snippy, stuffy, testy, waspish

反义词

calm, placid, undisturbed, unflappable, pleasant, unfazed, unflustered, easygoing, relaxed, tolerant, moderate

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