irascible
irascible 英 [ɪˈræsəbl] 美 [ɪˈræsəbəl, aɪˈræs-]
adj. 易怒的
- If you're irascible, you get angry easily — perhaps blowing up in rage when someone brushes into you.
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- adj. 易怒的
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1. You are still so irascible.
你还是那么暴躁。
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2. His superior was Brigadier General Ennis Whitehead, deputy commander of the Fifth Air Force and just as irascible as Pappy.
他的上司，第五航空队的副司令，埃尼斯.怀特黑德准将，和他一样也是一个脾气暴躁的家伙。
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3. This did not suit Jo at all, but she accepted the place since nothing better appeared and, to every one's surprise, got on remarkably well with her irascible relative.
乔并不乐意，但她找不到更好的差事，便答应下来。 出人意料的是，她跟这位性情暴躁的亲戚相处得非常好。
- irascible (adj.) 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).
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