peevishly
常见例句
- "The cetaceans are on the whole the most peculiar and aberrant of mammals, " he remarked peevishly.
总而言之,鲸类是最奇特和最反常的哺乳动物。 - “You can consult with whomever you want, including the prime minister, but as long as I am president, I make these decisions, ” replied Mr Medvedev, peevishly.
梅德韦杰夫愤怒地回应:“你想跟谁商议就跟谁商议,包括总理在内,但只要我还是总统,我就能最终拍板。” - At times like that the instinctive reaction is to childishly and peevishly cast around in search of somebody else to blame, but the real truth is self-evident and undeniable.
在这种时候,本能的反应是像小孩子一样找一个人来出气,但是事实不争自明,不可否认。 - In last week's History Today magazine (itself a prime example of the genre: it shifts 29, 000 copies monthly) academics sounded off peevishly about televised history.
ECONOMIST: Dumbed-down Britain? You would be stupid to believe it 返回 peevishly