petulant
petulant 英 [ˈpetjulənt] 美 [ˈpetʃənt]
adj. 暴躁的；任性的；难以取悦的
- Choose the adjective petulant to describe a person or behavior that is irritable in a childish way.
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- adj. 暴躁的；任性的；难以取悦的
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1. Is this trenchant social commentary or the petulant complaint of the privileged class?
是对社会尖锐的批判还是上层社会任性的牢骚？
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2. They look just like normal adults, but inside, they're petulant, narcissistic children with oversized egos.
他们只是外表看起来像成年人，但内心却是以自我为中心，浮躁自恋的小孩子。
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3. Once viewed by critics as petulant and self-consciously rebellious, Mr. Han has moved beyond ad hominem attacks on poets, pop stars and fellow bloggers.
曾经韩寒被评论家们认为是易怒和难以控制的，现今他超越了感性层面来抨击诗人、明星和友邻博主们。
- petulant (adj.) 1590s, "immodest, wanton, saucy," from Middle French petulant (mid-14c.), from Latin petulantem (nominative petulans) "wanton, froward, saucy, insolent," present participle of petere "to attack, assail; strive after; ask for, beg, beseech" (from PIE root *pet- "to rush, to fly"). Meaning "peevish, irritable" first recorded 1775, probably by influence of pet (n.2). Related: Petulantly.
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