querulous
querulous 英 [ˈkwerələs] 美 [ˈkwɛrələs, ˈkwɛrjə-]
adj. 易怒的，暴躁的；爱发牢骚的，抱怨的；爱挑剔的
- Querulous means “having a tendency to complain” or, more directly put, “whiny.” Sure, no one can be happy all the time, but that’s no excuse for being querulous.
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- adj. 易怒的，暴躁的；爱发牢骚的，抱怨的；爱挑剔的
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1. The use of apostrophes in British place names is a subject of querulous debate.
撇号在英国地名中的使用也是充斥抱怨的争论话题。
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2. Even the Health Secretary, José Ángel Córdova Villalobos, a calm man who looks as if he hadn’t slept in weeks, appeared mildly querulous at a press conference the other night.
即使一向沉着、看上去似乎几周未睡的墨西哥卫生部长何塞·安吉尔·科尔多瓦·维拉洛博斯，在不久前某个晚上举行记者招待会上也发出些许抱怨。
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3. And thus it is that time goes by while I give it to every querulous man who claims it, and thine altar is empty of all offerings to the last.
因此，在我把时间让给每一个性急的，向我索要时间的人，我们的时间就虚度了，最后你的神坛上就没有一点祭品．
- querulous (adj.) c. 1400, from Old French querelos "quarrelsome, argumentative" and directly from Late Latin querulosus, from Latin querulus "full of complaints, complaining," from queri "to complain." Retains the original vowel of quarrel (n.1). Related: Querulously; querulousness.
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