
英:/'ˈpiːvɪʃli/ 美:/'ˈpiːvɪʃli/
adv. 急躁地,暴躁地
Brian sighed peevishly.
布賴恩氣惱地歎了口氣。
She had grown ever more peevishly dependent on him.
她脾氣變得更壞,對他的依賴更重了。
Paul looked through his green glasses peevishly when the other speaker brought down the house with applause.
當另一個演說者赢得了滿座喝彩聲時,保羅心裡又嫉妒又氣惱。
If you talk so, I won't tell you any more, 'she returned peevishly, rising to her feet.' I accepted him, Nelly.
“要是你這麼說,我就不再告訴你更多的了,”她抱怨地回答,站起來了。“我接受了,耐莉。”
I've been sick, I told you, he said, peevishly, almost resenting her excessive pity. It came hard to him to receive it from such a source.
“我生了一場病,我告訴過你了,”他沒好氣地說,對她的過分憐憫幾乎産生了怨恨。從這樣一個人那裡得到憐憫,使他難受萬分。
adv.|manically/testily;急躁地,暴躁地
“peevishly”是一個副詞,描述因小事而表現出煩躁或易怒的情緒狀态。其核心含義包含三層遞進:
該詞源自15世紀中古英語“pevish”,最初指“發瘋的”,經過語義弱化演變出現代含義。在文學作品中,簡·奧斯汀在《傲慢與偏見》第12章曾用“She answered peevishly...”刻畫人物對話時的焦躁神态,展示其叙事功能(來源:Project Gutenberg電子書庫)。
“peevishly”是一個副詞,用于描述“易怒地、暴躁地”的行為或态度。以下是詳細解釋:
基本含義
該詞表示因小事表現出不耐煩或生氣的情緒,常帶有“愛抱怨”“難以取悅”的隱含色彩。例如:“He replied peevishly when asked to repeat the task.”(當被要求重複任務時,他暴躁地回答。)
詞源與構成
發音與拼寫
用法與近義詞
例句參考
“The child tugged peevishly at her mother’s sleeve, demanding attention.”(孩子暴躁地拉扯母親的袖子,要求被關注。)
提示:該詞屬于書面或正式用語,日常口語中更常用“grumpily”或“irritably”替代。
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