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单词 querulous
释义
querulous
adjective
formal
uk
/ˈkwer.ə.ləs/us
/ˈkwer.jə.ləs/
oftencomplaining,especiallyin aweakhighvoice:
爱抱怨的，爱发牢骚的
Hebecameincreasinglydissatisfiedand querulous in hisoldage.到了晚年，他愈感不满，牢骚不断。
Synonyms
fretful
whinydisapproving
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Complaining
  • be/go on atsomeoneidiom
  • bellyaching
  • bewail
  • bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom
  • complain
  • complaining
  • create/kick up/raise a stinkidiom
  • gnashing of teethidiom
  • grouch
  • lodge
  • mutter
  • nark
  • protestation
  • raise a rumpusidiom
  • rumpus
  • squawk
  • start on atsomeone
  • vituperation
  • whinging
  • whiny
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querulously
(Definition ofquerulousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofquerulous

querulous
The book begins to sound a bitquerulous, and in the end the disinterested reader feels he or she is moving in circles.
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I thought the word "querulous"was not an unreasonable description, but"complaint" might be a better word.
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I am sorry that tonight he has chosen to bequerulous.
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I am sorry to end on this somewhatquerulousnote.
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At one point during the debate there was a slightlyquerulousquestioning of the desirability of inward investment.
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On the contrary, we have been inclined to relapse further into a kind of complacent, ifquerulous, lethargy.
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I was alwaysquerulousabout the way in which they were levied.
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It would be a clear case of excessive and over-expensive government and of an indecisive andquerulousform of government.
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This may all seem a little wistful and nostalgic and perhaps a littlequerulous.
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Aquerulousbitterness disfigures not those at whom it is directed, but those who direct it.
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Any alternative to that offers only the prospect of a more perilous and morequerulousfuture.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I have heardquerulouspeople say that it is no good doing anything under atomic attack, so one may as well give up.
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There was a particularlyquerulousnote about his remarks.
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I agree with what you have said as to what was merely aquerulousinterruption.
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An answer to that question is more important than half-informed andqueruloustalks about this or that mark of torpedo.
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