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单词 petulance
释义
petulance
noun[U]
uk
/ˈpetʃ.ə.ləns/us
/ˈpetʃ.ə.ləns/
thequalityof beingeasilyannoyedandcomplainingin arudeway like achild:
耍孩子脾气，任性；暴躁
I have neverwitnessedsuch adisplayofchildishpetulance.
Displaying amixtureof petulance andarrogance, herefusestolistentoobjections.他的行为既暴躁又傲慢，拒绝听取反对意见。
See
petulant
More examples
  • Herassertivenesshas beenreadby some as petulance.
  • Somepeopledislikedhisdisplaysof petulance andbadtemper.
  • Theimmaturityand petulance of theremainingfinalistsisincrediblyannoying.
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Physically and mentally mature & immature
(Definition ofpetulancefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
petulance
noun[U]
uk
/ˈpetʃ.ə.ləns/us
/ˈpetʃ.ə.ləns/
thequalityof beingeasilyannoyedandcomplainingin arudeway like achild
耍孩子脾气，任性；暴躁
I have never witnessesed such adisplayofchildishpetulance.我从未见过如此幼稚的任性行为。
Displaying amixtureof petulance and arrogance, herefusestolistentoobjections.他的行为既暴躁又傲慢，拒绝听取反对意见。
See
petulant
More examples
  • Her assertiveness has beenreadby some as petulance.
  • Somepeopledislikedhisdisplaysof petulance andbadtemper.
  • Theimmaturityand petulance of theremainingfinalistsisincrediblyannoying.

Examplesofpetulance

petulance
She squandered her earnings with the most reckless profusion, and quarrelled with her best friends from the ungovernablepetulanceof her temper.
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I know from hispetulancethat he does not want to answer on a particular matter.
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We by no means sought in that motion to give the impression of an intemperate explosion ofpetulance.
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It is entirely meretricious, and it smacks ofpetulance.
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This must be the central guiding aim to which we must subordinate our feelings of childishpetulance.
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By so doing they have shown an attitude ofpetulance, short-sightedness and destructive criticism.
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My friends have noticed it and if this goes on much longerpetulancewill be the surviving feature of my character.
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We had seen that many times before—a swing from puerilepetulanceto supine acquiescence when they did not get their own way.
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In thatpetulanceand bad temper, they forget, or show less than regard for, our constitution.
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We are not doing this alone; it is not an example of the isolatedpetulanceof this country.
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In peace time there has been some kind of feeling ofpetulancewhich it is very hard indeed for us to understand.
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We have been accused of being slick and ofpetulanceand arrogance—all these things.
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In this context, at any rate,petulancewould be even worse than panic.
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This is an alteration which is proposed out of an attitude ofpetulance.
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Would it not be the height ofpetulanceto dump decommissioning as a reaction to his reverse in court?
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