汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 乖戾
乖戾
perverse (behavior) / disagreeable (character)
〈书〉〈形〉(性情、言语、行为)别扭,不合情理:性情~|语多~。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

哈维和他的妻子天生性格有些乖戾

Harvey and his wife are born with a certain orneriness of character.

罗伯特往椅背一靠,闷声不响,几近乖戾

Robert leaned back in his chair quiet and almost surly .

这两人都性情乖戾,但都认为他们会合作。

Both men are grumpy, but both reckon they will cope.

的确,一个年轻的乖戾之人没有善心,一个年老的理想主义者没有头脑。

Indeed, whereas a young curmudgeon has no heart, an old idealist has no head.

令她吃惊的是,那张乖戾、年老、饱经风霜的脸竟然改变了它的表情。

To her surprise, the surly old weather-beaten face actually changed its expression.

他们说,小孩长大后,他自己会为此感到羞耻,并且也会变得乖戾,”男孩的祖父说。

They say the boy will be ashamed when he grows up and that he will be naughty, " the grandfather said.

申贤昊以及其他学者提供了资产泡沫期间非流动性以及杠杆乖戾影响的早期模型。

Hyun Shin and other scholars in academia provided early modeling of illiquidity and of the perverse effects of leverage during asset bubbles.

《冰河世纪》由一群可爱的史前动物主演,其中有树懒、剑齿虎和性情乖戾的猛犸象曼尼(Manny)。

Ice Age features a cast of lovable prehistoric creatures including a sloth, a sabre-tooth tiger and a mammoth – the grumpy Manny.

想想一个有数百个熟人的热心鸡尾酒会女主人和一个性情乖戾的厌世者,谁可能会有一两个朋友?

Consider both an avid cocktail party hostess with hundreds of acquaintances and a grumpy misanthrope, who may have one or two friends?

在星期二发布的一次采访中,川普表示,虽然去年进行了非常乖戾的竞选活动,但他和他的前任真诚地喜欢着对方。

In an interview released on Tuesday, Trump claimed he and his predecessor genuinely liked one another, despite an extremely fractious election campaign last year.