fractious

adj.

1. 暴躁的；易怒的；动辄烦躁的
   bad-tempered or easily upset, especially by small things
   1. Children often get fractious and tearful when tired.
      孩子们疲倦时易烦躁好哭。
2. 捣乱的；表示不满的
   making trouble and complaining
   1. The six fractious republics are demanding autonomy.
      这六个不安分的加盟共和国要求自治。

1. ADJ-GRADED 易怒的;烦躁的;脾气不好的
   If you describe someone as fractious, you disapprove of them because they become upset or angry very quickly about small unimportant things.
   1. ...fractious national movements.
      难以控制的全国运动
   2. Nancy was in a fractious mood...
      南希情绪烦躁。
   3. The children were predictably fractious.
      孩子们肯定会耍脾气。

1. Nancy was in a fractious mood
   南希情绪烦躁。
2. The children were predictably fractious.
   孩子们肯定会耍脾气。
3. This can be a fractious time. But thanks to Brazils deft and effective leadership, we have coalesced around an outcome document that marks a real advance for sustainable development.
   这可能是个造成意见分歧的时刻，但由于巴西灵活而有效的领导，我们已经就一份成果文件达成一致意见，这标志着在可持续发展方面取得了切实的进展。
4. The relationship between Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma and former Yahoo Chief Executive Carol Bartz seemed fractious.
   阿里巴巴集团主席马云和雅虎前首席执行长巴茨（CarolBartz）之间的关系似乎充满了火药味。
5. I'm afraid I don't have much patience in dealing with fractious teenagers.
   恐怕我没有多少耐心应付脾气急躁的十几岁的孩子们。
6. That may make the world a little less fractious.
   这或许会让世界更容易驾驭一点。
7. But it is also a signal to a fractious Europe that markets are losing patience with endless political dithering.
   但它也向任性的欧洲发出一个信号：市场正对无休止的政治迟疑失去耐心。
8. Germany's attempt to erect a protective barrier against unwanted foreign investors has become hostage to the mounting political tensions in Chancellor Angela Merkel's fractious grand coalition.
   德国试图对不受欢迎的国外投资者树立保护性壁垒的举措，已受到总理安吉拉•默克尔（AngelaMerkel）难以驾驭的大联合政府（GrandCoalition）内部日益紧张的政治关系的制约。
9. Yet simultaneously, members of Britain's third party usually a fractious bunch seemed in a splendid mood.
   然而同时，英国第三政党的成员（通常是难以对付的一群）似乎心情很好。
10. But, though the Chinese onslaught looks fractious and pell-mell, conspiracy theorists smell a state-driven attack on the commanding heights of Australia's economy.
    虽然中国人的攻击看起来有些暴躁和忙乱，但在这波旨在控制澳大利亚经济高度的攻击中，阴谋论者似乎嗅到了一丝国家主使的气息。
11. AIG is still looking for a chairman, whose primary job will be to manage the troubled company's fractious relationship with the Obama administration, lawmakers and regulators.
    AIG仍在寻找担任董事长的合适人选。该职位的主要职责将是改善这家陷入困境的公司与奥巴马（Obama）政府、议员和监管机构的不和睦的关系。
12. After a fractious call with analysts, his irritated shareholders demonstrated their discontent.
    一场失控的分析师电话会议过后，被激怒的惠普股东展示了他们的不满。
13. He put his finger to his lips, as if hushing a fractious child.
    他把指头放在嘴唇上，好像在要个烦躁的孩子肃静。
14. Energy politics with Turkmenistan were fractious during the rule of Mr Niyazov, who also started gas supply talks with the Chinese.
    在前总统尼亚佐夫统治时期，土库曼斯坦的能源政治一直不和，尼亚佐夫还启动了与中国的天然气供应谈判。
15. If you ever wanted a sign of just how fractious and uncoordinated Kenya's coalition government was, this is it.
    如果你曾经希望寻找肯尼亚联合政府分裂和不协调的迹象，这里就是。
16. There is continually someone brave to be primary to fractious a bridge!
    不断有勇敢的人将主要以任性的桥梁！
17. Sino-Indian relations, too, have become noticeably more fractious.
    中印关系也明显变得更加动荡。
18. He seems, within his discourse, distracted by hectoring students and fractious fellow-faculty.
    在他的论述里，他似乎受到了浮夸的学生和倔强的学院同仁的影响。
19. Every time I got home, she always shaking her tail, I went to the fractious arms.
    每当我回到家的时候，她总是摇着她的尾巴跑到我的怀里撒娇。
20. The art of Belgian political leadership consists of bringing consensus to a broad and fractious coalition.
    比利时的政治领导艺术，在于让一个难以驾驭的联盟形成共识。
21. Since the second world war, the US has led the evolution of a system of multilateral export controls that has worked well to stem transfers of militarily useful commercial commodities and technology to fractious or unstable nations.
    自二战以来，美国领导了多边出口管制体系的发展，有效地阻止了具有军事用途的商业物资和技术转移到不友好或是不稳定的国家。
22. The US and China squared off over a series of contentious diplomatic, economic and business disputes in a White House summit on Wednesday, in meetings that the two sides hope will stabilise fractious bilateral ties.
    美国和中国周三在白宫举行的峰会上就一系列棘手的外交、经济和商业争端展开对话，双方希望这些会谈将有助于稳定充满波折的双边关系。
23. Above all, he sees Europe as it is: a fractious collection of27 members.
    在他的眼中，欧盟是一个由27名成员组成的、轻率急躁的集体。
24. A fractious group of left-wing parties is not always reliable and unlikely to back tough reforms.
    一群急躁的左翼党派往往不可信赖也不可能支撑起艰巨的改革事业。
25. The detentions have heightened tensions between Canberra and Beijing and come amid fractious talks between the Chinese Steel Association and Australian mining groups to set an annual benchmark price for iron ore.
    此次拘留事件已经加剧了堪培拉和北京之间的紧张关系，而且正值中国钢铁工业协会与澳洲矿商有关铁矿石年度基准价格的谈判陷入僵局。
26. An incorrigibly fractious young man; not the least nettlesome of his countrymen.
    脾气坏得不可救药的年轻人；在他的同胞中决不是脾气最好的。
27. She was fractious with other children.
    她同其他孩子在一起时脾气很暴躁。
28. Importantly, their armies also learn to work together, even when relations between their governments occasionally turn fractious.
    重要的是，甚至是在与他们政府间关系偶尔紧张时，他们的军队也学会了如何协作。
29. Run by fractious triumvirate, it produced some noble plays.
    由独断专行的三人小组经营该剧团演出了一些名剧。

adj

1. unpredictably difficult in operation
   1. rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas
   2. fractious components of a communication system

2. easily irritated or annoyed
   1. an incorrigibly fractious young man
   2. not the least nettlesome of his countrymen

   Synonym:    crankyirritablenettlesomepeevishpeckishpettishpetulantscratchytestytetchytechy

3. stubbornly resistant to authority or control
   1. a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness
   2. a refractory child

   Synonym:    refractoryrecalcitrant