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单词 restiveness
释义
restiveness
noun[U]
formal
uk
/ˈres.tɪv.nəs/us
/ˈres.tɪv.nəs/
thequalityof beingunwillingto becontrolledor bepatient:
Theregionhas alonghistoryof restiveness.
The restiveness amongcitizenswasevidentin thecitylastnight.
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restive
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  • Thepartyisfacingincreasingrestiveness frommembers.
  • Congress'sgrowingrestiveness overeconomicpolicy
  • Signs of restivenessincreased, withfarmersrioting.
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(Definition ofrestivenessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrestiveness

restiveness
First, pervasive economic crisis imposed hardships and raised therestivenessof the civil population.
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Fourth, the imposition of the structural adjustment programme in 1986 increased hardships that exacerbated therestivenessof the population.
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Going to a new school is in itself a cause ofrestiveness, and the children do not quickly settle down.
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And there is a great deal ofrestivenessnot only amongst moderate opinion, but amongst our own supporters in the country.
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Again, a lack of professional labour management has aggravated therestivenessand the feeling of alienation of a large mass of workers.
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There is inevitablyrestivenessamongst the staff, who do not know their own future.
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He is showing some unusual signs ofrestivenessfor this time of the night.
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At the very heart of clause 9 is an admission of great publicrestiveness, reservation and, indeed, challenge to modern expansive agricultural practices.
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There are already signs ofrestivenessin the working population about the burden of providing for those in retirement.
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Within the receiving countries there isrestivenessand dissatisfaction.
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There is more industrial resentment andrestiveness' today than there has been at any time since 1926.
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It is a question whether the uneasiness andrestivenessare due to individuals or to events.
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There will be a feeling ofrestiveness, a feeling of revolt, a feeling of the need for recuperation.
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We have to visualise therestivenessand reckless-mindedness that is beginning to develop.
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That only produces a sense of inequality and inferiority, and that, in turn, producesrestiveness, which, as we have seen, is liable to blaze into an outbreak.
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