Restive
[ 'r?st?v ]
出國(guó) Abroad
adj. 焦躁不安的;難以駕馭的，不受管束的;
?? 詞根助記
rest休息+ive形容詞后綴 → 不休息的 → 不安寧的
?? 例句
a restive person
倔強(qiáng)的人
Another hour passed and the crowd grew/became restive.
又過(guò)了一個(gè)小時(shí), 人們有些不耐煩了.
His face was quite stolid, But he looked at her with restive eyes.
他臉上沒(méi)有表情，眼睛卻倔強(qiáng)地看著她。
a restive horse
一匹難駕馭的馬
in a restive mood
情緒煩躁不安
?? 聯(lián)想助記
【記】rest-休息,ive-過(guò)分:休息的過(guò)分,在考G期間就會(huì)有負(fù)罪感→焦躁不安的
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?? 牛津釋義
restive
adj
1 restless or uneasy 焦躁不安的; 不安寧的
Another hour passed and the crowd grew/became restive. 又過(guò)了一個(gè)小時(shí), 人們有些不耐煩了.2 (esp of horses) resisting control, esp by refusing to move forwards or by moving sideways or backwards（尤指馬）難駕馭的, （尤指）不肯前行的, 逡巡不前的.
?? 擴(kuò)展釋義
*['restiv]a. 不愿向前走的, 倔強(qiáng)的, 難駕御的
?? 同為「GRE」詞匯
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I don't know.
我也說(shuō)不上來(lái)。
Idleness is the root (or mother) of all evil (or sin or vice).
懶惰是萬(wàn)惡之源。
Imagine a railway station, a bus company or a cinema, which many people need to ring to find out the times of trains, buses or films.
想一想，有許多人需要打電話到火車站、汽車公司或電影院，以便弄清火車、汽車的起始時(shí)間或電影放映的時(shí)間吧。