restive
英 ['rest?v]
美['r?st?v]
- adj. 倔強的；難駕御的；不安寧的
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
名詞:?restiveness;
中文詞源
restive 倔強的，難駕馭的
來自拉丁語 restare,站回，留下，遺留，來自 re-,向后，往回，stare,站立，詞源同 stand.原用 于形容馬站著不肯走的，引申詞義倔強的，難駕馭的等。
英文詞源
- restive
- restive: see rest
- restive (adj.)
- early 15c., restyffe "not moving forward," from Middle French restif "motionless, brought to a standstill" (Modern French rétif), from rester "to remain" (see rest (n.2)). Sense of "unmanageable" (1680s) evolved via notion of a horse refusing to go forward.
雙語例句
- 1. The crowd grew restive.
- 群眾逐漸喧鬧起來.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 2. The government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive.
- 政府未采取任何措施放松出口限制,因此國內(nèi)制造商變得焦慮不安.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The audience grew restive.
- 觀眾變得不耐煩了。
來自辭典例句
- 4. Another hour passed and the crowd grew / became restive.
- 又過了一個小時,人們有些不耐煩了.
來自辭典例句
- 5. When the singer was late, the audience grew restive.
- 歌手遲遲不出場, 聽眾變得不耐煩了.
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