fretful

英 [ˈfretfl] 美 [ˈfretfl]

adj.  烦躁的; 苦恼的; 不舒适的

TEM8

BNC.24953 / COCA.27793



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 烦躁的;苦恼的;不舒适的
    behaving in a way that shows you are unhappy or uncomfortable

    柯林斯词典

    1. ADJ-GRADED 苦恼的;烦躁的
      If someone is fretful, they behave in a way that shows that they worried or unhappy about something.
      1. Don't assume your baby automatically needs feeding if she's fretful.
        不要想当然地认为你的宝宝一闹就是要吃奶。

    双语例句

    1. Don't assume your baby automatically needs feeding if she's fretful.
      不要想当然地认为你的宝宝一闹就是要吃奶。
    2. She's always fretful and peevish like this, so just leave her alone.
      她动不动就闹小性儿,让她闹去,甭理她。
    3. Silence is golden if it keeps me from broadcasting that fretful self into my network of treasured relationships.
      如果安静能让我将那个烦躁的自我不波及到珍贵的关系中,那么它就是金。
    4. And the worst that we dread is, after a short fretful, feverish being, after vain hopes, and idle fears, to sink to final repose again, and forget the troubled dream of life!
      我们最怕的是经过瞬间的狂热,徒劳的希望,没有缘由的恐惧,又沉浸到熟睡状态,而忘记生命中困绕我们的梦想!
    5. These fretful questions were quickly answered, and through a strange language; no interpreter was needed save the conscious whisper of my heart.
      这些烦恼的问题立即得到了答复;顶希奇,答复我的一个特异的声音;用不着翻译的人,神在我心中轻轻地替我解释。
    6. Given what we had witnessed the day before, could I have destroyed our tenderness with fretful suspicions of being followed?
      想想我们昨天亲历的那一桩惨剧,我要不要说出自己感觉被人跟踪的烦躁疑心,来破坏我们之间的这份温存甜蜜?
    7. By midnight the children were tired and fretful.
      到午夜时,孩子们既疲倦又烦躁不安。
    8. It was a busy, as it turned out, fretful journey.
      旅途公务繁忙,实际上也颇为焦急。
    9. The baby's fretful crying.
      婴儿烦躁不安的啼哭。
    10. She had never spoken a word to her sister-in-law for three days; but she had likewise dropped her fretful complaining, and we found it a great comfort.
      她有三天没跟她嫂嫂说一句话了,可是她也不再怨天尤人了,这使我们深感宽慰。
    11. China's banking regulator, however, is increasingly fretful, noting on Tuesday that rampant credit growth poses risks to the financial system.
      不过,中国银行业监管机构越来越感到担忧。该机构周二指出,迅猛的信贷增长对金融体系构成风险。
    12. France is troubled by its diminished voice in the world and fretful about immigration at home.
      法国因其国际地位的下降而感到烦心,对国内的外来移民也感到苦恼。
    13. At he edge of a nearby canal, donkeys laden with freshly harvested alfalfa waited for their masters to lead them home, braying a fretful counterpoint to the steady thud of an irrigation pump.
      在附近一条水渠旁,驴子背上驮着刚割的苜蓿,等着主人牵它们回家去,一面发出一阵阵急促的叫声,和浇地的水泵不断发出的突突声交织在一起。
    14. The child was tired and fretful.
      这孩子又累又烦躁。
    15. She kept her vow for a week, during which she was unusually cross and fretful.
      她信守誓言有一星期之久,但在这一星期内,她显得五心烦躁,动不动就发脾气。
    16. Shallow breathing; a night of shallow fretful sleep; in a shallow trance.
      浅浅的呼吸;睡得不熟的、烦躁的夜晚;浅昏迷。
    17. The March wind is fretful, fretting the languid waves into murmurs.
      三月的风躁动不安,惹得倦怠的波浪哗哗作响。
    18. But for all their professed joy at the spectacle, China's own leaders are fretful.
      尽管中国领导在公众场合表现得轻松愉快,实际上却心急如焚。
    19. But Congress is in a dangerously fretful mood.
      但国会存在一种危险的焦躁情绪。
    20. My baby brother is fretful because he is cutting his teeth.
      我的小弟弟焦躁不安因为他正在长牙。

    英英释义

    adj

    1. habitually complaining
      1. a whiny child

      Synonym:    querulouswhineywhiny

    2. nervous and unable to relax
      1. a constant fretful stamping of hooves
      2. a restless child

      Synonym:    antsyfidgetyitchy