| 单词 | fractious |
| 释义 | fractious adjective uk/ˈfræk.ʃəs/us/ˈfræk.ʃəs/easilyupsetorannoyed, and oftencomplaining: 易怒的；暴躁的a fractiouschild暴躁的孩子 Synonyms peevish petulantdisapproving testy tetchy Bad-tempered
fractious| American Dictionaryfractious adjective us/ˈfræk·ʃəs/tendingtoargue,fight, orcomplain, and hard tocontrol: fractiousrelationships the fractiousnatureofpolitics Examplesoffractiousfractious In any case, the relationship between the line jobber and the weavers, in particular, grew increasinglyfractious. From theCambridge English Corpus The emergence of a lively, raucous andfractiousdemocracy did not transform official explanations for popular politics. From theCambridge English Corpus Despite all her obvious doubts and concerns about the fifties she defines it as a ' ' privileged interlude ' ' before the morefractiousand troubled sixties. From theCambridge English Corpus These were oftenfractiousdisputes, often accompanied by violence directed at jobbers as well as supervisors and managers. From theCambridge English Corpus Among households of the same type, meanwhile, ones with more conjugal units were morefractious. From theCambridge English Corpus Without a commander with appointing and disciplinary powers, the army remainedfractious, fragmented and undisciplined. From theCambridge English Corpus Consequently, resolution of afractiousstool dispute was made secondary to implementing an indirect rule experiment and capitalizing on burgeoning cocoa production. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, these home rule resolutions enjoyed the unique distinction of being the only ones unanimously passed at the notoriouslyfractiousconference. From theCambridge English Corpus The relationship between jobbers and workers was oftenfractious, especially in the weaving shed. From theCambridge English Corpus Like many men with powerful temperaments he evoked rebellion in thefractious. From theCambridge English Corpus All these pieces tell stories of disruption and dispute, an oftenfractiousinterplay between common idiom, historical event, and text. From theCambridge English Corpus They were concentrated upon the increasinglyfractiousrelationship between jobbers and workers. From theCambridge English Corpus After a difficult andfractiouscourtship, we have both learned to love or at least admire the perfection of one goddess - the creation lottery. From theCambridge English Corpus Political affairs could be equallyfractious. From theCambridge English Corpus This has sometimes invited accusations of mutual 'logrolling', but that, it is said, is a comparativly small price to pay in societies where politics are dangerouslyfractious. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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