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

• 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。
• But while Moscow has long been able to buy stability in its restive outer regions, using windfall oil revenues, the strategy is being undermined by low oil prices, budget cuts, plunging economic growth and high unemployment.
  尽管莫斯科多年来能够用石油收入的横财在不太平的边远地区买到稳定，但这一战略正受到油价下跌、预算削减、经济减速和高失业率的侵蚀。
• The audience grew restive.
  观众变得不耐烦了。
• But local residents in pakistan's restive northwest tribal region blamed the military, saying assailants fired missiles into the house.
  但是，动荡的巴基斯坦西北部落地区的居民指责政府军，说攻击者向房子里发射火箭。
• Many Arab states of the Middle East have already achieved parity in the basic education of girls – a hopeful sign for their future – but more could be done to provide opportunity to a restive youth population.
  中东地区的许多阿拉伯国家已做到在基础教育领域对男女学生一视同仁对这些国家的未来而言，这是一个充满希望的迹象但是它们还可以做得更多，以为躁动不安的年轻人提供机会。
• The sudden price boom provoked a worldwide food crisis that had governments scrambling to secure supplies often through a "starve-thy-neighbour" policy of encouraging imports to feed their restive populations while blocking their own farmers from selling abroad.
  突如其来的价格上涨，引发了一场全球性的粮食危机，各国政府争先恐后的确保粮食供应，它们往往采取一种“以邻为壑”的政策鼓励粮食进口以供养本国焦躁不安的人民，同时禁止本国农民出口粮食。
• Offer energy resources as tribute [ to Beijing] to create harmony proclaims a giant billboard outside a petrol station in Korla, in Xinjiang province, China's restive western frontier region.
  在中国不那么稳定的西部边疆地区，新疆库尔勒市一座加油站外面，一块巨大的广告牌上写着奉献能源创造和谐。
• 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。
• Thanks in large part to its one-child policy, China certainly has a less restive population.
  中国人肯定没有那麽桀骜不驯，这在一定程度上归因于独生子女政策。
• The audience was becoming restive as they waited for the performance to begin.
  观众们在等待演出开始的时候，变得不耐烦了。