curmudgeon
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [k??'m?d?(?)n]
- 美式音標(biāo) [k??m?d?.?n]
- 國(guó)際音標(biāo) [k?:'m?d??n]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- n. 脾氣壞的人,乖戾的人;吝嗇鬼;存心不良的人
詞根記憶
- cur(跑) + mud(泥) + geon→跑到泥巴裡去發(fā)脾氣→脾氣壞的人(尤指老人)
英漢例句
- Indeed, whereas a young curmudgeon has no heart, an old idealist has no head.
的確,一個(gè)年輕的乖戾之人沒(méi)有善心,一個(gè)年老的理想主義者沒(méi)有頭腦。 - His last industry job was with IBM Rational Software, where he was known as "the RUP Curmudgeon" and was also a member of the original Rational Suite team.
他最後一個(gè)工業(yè)界的工作是從事IBM Rational 軟件,在那裡,他被稱(chēng)作是“the RUP Curmudgeon”,他還是最初Rational套件團(tuán)隊(duì)的一員。 - Only a curmudgeon would deny the many benefits that our computers and electronic networks have brought us.
衹有一個(gè)被我們稱(chēng)爲(wèi)脾氣暴躁的老頭置疑了電腦、手機(jī)帶給我們的好処。 - "To be honest with you, I think that it lent to the kind of curmudgeon-like feel of the character itself."
- Call me a curmudgeon, but I detested those forced moments of gaiety and collegiality.
FORBES: When You Just Don't Fit In At The Office - He was a self-described curmudgeon, often blunt, blasphemous and unbending yet extremely smart and seasoned in the news business.
FORBES: Connect - Call me a curmudgeon, but I think there was a certain wisdom in the anti-family values of the military I joined.
NPR: Draft Left Fighting of Wars to Younger Soldiers
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詞組短語(yǔ)
- The Curmudgeon 壞脾氣者的前進(jìn)指南
- curmudgeon n 脾氣暴躁之人;守財(cái)奴
- curmudgeon agreeable person 脾氣暴躁的人
短語(yǔ)
英英字典
- an old person who is often in a bad mood
- If you call someone a curmudgeon, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
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專(zhuān)業(yè)釋義
- 存心不良的人
- 壞脾氣的