Petulant

[ 'p?t??l?nt ]
出國 Abroad
adj. 易怒的，使性子的，脾氣壞的;

?? 詞根助記

pet追尋，尋求+ulant多…的→追求太多，導致脾氣不好

?? 例句

the petulant demands of spoilt children
寵壞的孩子提出的任性要求.
The expression around her mouth was petulant.
她的嘴角露出一種任性的表情。
He grew moody and petulant.
他變得喜怒無常，蠻不講理。
A fit of petulant sulkiness. Often used with the.
生氣，不悅一陣慍怒。常與定冠詞the連用
The thing had been remarked with petulant jealousy by his wife.
他太太覺察到這一點時，不由妒火中燒。

?? 聯想助記

【記】pet-寵物,ul,ant 螞蟻:你家的寵物見到螞蟻就會打斗→易怒的

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?? 牛津釋義

petulant adj unreasonably impatient or irritable 性急的; 暴躁的 the petulant demands of spoilt children 寵壞的孩子提出的任性要求.

?? 擴展釋義

*['pet??l?nt]a. 任性的, 暴躁的, 易生氣的, 難以取悅的

?? 同為「GRE」詞匯

marrow n. 骨髓;脊髓;滋養品;〈英〉食用葫蘆;
hybrid n. 雜種;雜交生成的生物體;混合物;混合詞; adj. 混合的;雜種的;
lascivious adj. 好色的;淫蕩的;色情的; 猥褻的;
controvert vt. 爭論，反駁，否定;
telecommunication n. 電信;電通信;
layoff n. 停工，停止活動;臨時解雇;操作停止;失業期;
pulsate vi. 搏動;悸動;有規律地跳動;
septic adj. 膿毒性的，腐敗性的;
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Ah! I'd like to follow in my own footsteps, Mike.
噢 ，我想走自己的路 ，Mike。
Did you sell it to him yourself?
你自己親自賣給他嗎？
since her parents had impressed upon her that it would be unforgivable to miss it and cause the friends with whom she was going to stay to make two journeys to meet her.
因為她的父母再三跟她說，如果誤了這趟車，她的東道主朋友就得接她兩趟，這是不應該的。
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