restive

英 [ˈrestɪv]

美 [ˈrestɪv]

adj.  难驾驭的; 焦躁不安的; 不耐烦的

GRE

BNC.21619 / COCA.21413

牛津词典

adj.

• 难驾驭的；焦躁不安的；不耐烦的
  unable to stay still, or unwilling to be controlled, especially because you feel bored or not satisfied

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不耐烦的;厌烦的;不满的
  If you arerestive, you are impatient, bored, or dissatisfied.
  1. The audience grew restive.
     观众变得不耐烦了。
  2. ...restive national minorities.
     心怀不满的少数民族

英英释义

adj

• impatient especially under restriction or delay
  1. the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive
• being in a tense state
  Synonym:edgyhigh-strunghighly strungjitteryjumpynervyoverstrunguptight

双语例句

• By the time they turned to history, Young Griff was growing restive.
  等到开始上历史，小格里夫变得不耐烦了。
• Some Pakistanis also say they suspect the Afghan government of meddling in Pakistan's restive Baluchistan province.
  一些巴基斯坦人怀疑阿富汗政府干预巴基斯坦形势不稳定的卑路支省。
• If Kosovo remains unresolved and restive, the EU will not admit Serbia as a member.
  如果科索沃问题悬而未决且难以控制，欧盟不会承认塞尔维亚为一个成员国。
• The prime minister's second achievement has been to tackle spain's restive regions.
  他的第二个成就是成功解决了西班牙的动乱地区问题。
• In an attempt to stabilise cotton supplies and soothe restive farmers in Xinjiang, in 2011 China set a cotton price floor and started stockpiling the material.
  为稳定棉花供应及安抚新疆躁动不安的棉农，2011年中国设定了棉花价格下限并开始囤积棉花。
• The government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive.
  政府未采取任何措施放松出口限制，因此国内制造商变得焦虑不安。
• The audience grew restive.
  观众变得不耐烦了。
• Now Aleppo seems increasingly restive.
  现在，阿勒颇似乎越来越躁动不安。
• They became restive and began to clear their throat.
  他们变得焦躁不安，开始咳嗽似地清起嗓门来。
• Two Swedish journalists have told an Ethiopian court they were upholding the highest traditions of their profession when they were arrested in the company of rebels in the restive Ogaden region.
  两名瑞典记者在埃塞俄比亚法庭上说，当他们在奥加登地区和叛军一同被捕时，是在为他们职业的最高传统标准尽责。