网络释义英英释义
restive [ 'restiv ]
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adj.
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being in a tense state
同义词： edgy high-strung highly strung in suspense(p) jittery jumpy nervy overstrung uptight
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impatient especially under restriction or delay
"the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive"
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being in a tense state
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
restive /ˈrɛstɪv/
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ADJ If you are restive, you are impatient, bored, or dissatisfied. 不耐烦的; 感到厌烦的; 不满的 [正式]
例：The audience grew restive.
观众变得不耐烦了。
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2.
restiveness N-UNCOUNT
例：There were signs of restiveness among the younger members.
这些年轻成员们流露出了不满的情绪。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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观众变得不耐烦了。
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No wonder that the migrants are increasingly restive.
因此外来人员日益感到不安也就不足为奇了。
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It wants to find another country with which to share the burden of securing the restive province of Uruzgan.
它希望找到另一个国家来分担稳定难以控制的乌鲁兹根省的负担。
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Only the bomber was killed. In the restive northern Iraqi city of Mosul, a grenade was also thrown at a U.S.patrol, reportedly missing the U.S.soldiers, but killing a number of Iraqi civilians.
VOA: standard.2009.06.01
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"I think you are seeing Premier Wen, the prime minister, addressing not so much an American audience or President Obama, but addressing a very increasingly restive population that wants, or that appears to want, the Chinese leadership to stand up to international pressure."
VOA: standard.2010.03.23
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