英 [kænˈtæŋkərəs] 美 [kænˈtæŋkərəs]
adj. 脾气坏的；爱吵架的；难相处的
cantankerous /kænˈtæŋkərəs/
形容词 Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about. 爱找碴的; 爱发牢骚的
...a cantankerous old man.
...一位爱找碴的老人。
stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
同义词： bloody-minded
... benign慈祥的, 和善的（指气候）温和的, 宜人的 cantankerous脾气坏的; 好争吵的 reticent不轻易暴露思想或感情的; 有保留的: ...
... trophy 显示身份的；有威望的；奖品；战利品 cantankerous 脾气坏的；爱吵架的；难相处的 jazz up 使活泼 ...
... cant n.篇 cantankerous n.画布；帆布 canto v.细查；拉选票 ...
... cant n.篇 cantankerous n.画布；帆布 canto v.细查；拉选票 ...
cantankerously 不怀好意地；脾气不好地
脾气坏的；爱吵架的；难相处的
Will all this assuage the cantankerous markets?
做的所有的努力有可能缓和这个敏感的是市场吗？
You grow old if you are irritable, crotchety, petulant, and cantankerous.
当你易怒、任性、想法怪异、刚愎自用时，你才会变老。
"DON't WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE RIGHTS?" he e-mailed back, blessedly cantankerous.
“我们难道就没有权利拥有权利吗？”他回了信，脾气明显很差。
Dave Winer, a cantankerous, but brilliant serial entrepreneur, whose central focus was and continues to be computers as communications tools.
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Russia will now get a government, which will at least start on better terms with the cantankerous Duma than the previous one and have a chance of putting together an economic policy.
Notoriously cantankerous with the media, Parcells spent four years with the New England Patriots, guiding them to Super Bowl XXXI following the 1996 season. (They lost to the Green Bay Packers.) The Jets then hired him soon thereafter Parcells actually negotiated with them during Super Bowl week following a two-year stretch under Rich Kotite during which they lost 28 of 32 games.
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