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Unruly Shouting Hair Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Difficult 英 ʌn'ruːli] 美

英语单词 unruly
英美音标 英 [ʌn'ruːli] 美 [ʌn'ruːli]
中文释义 adj.难控制的;无法无天的;任性的
英语例句 (1) They are unruly mob.
(2) The unruly students mocked their teacher.
(3) The unruly crowd became even more boisterous when he tried to quiet them.
中文例句 (1) 他们是些难以控制的暴徒。
(2) 这群无法无天的学生嘲笑老师。
(3) 他试图使那些横蛮任性的人们安静下来,可他们却吵嚷得更加厉害。
vocabulary简明 Unruly means lacking in restraint or not submitting to authority. Spitballs, shouting kids, a shouting teacher––these are all signs of an unruly classroom. Often, one unruly student is all it takes.
vocabulary扩展 It's easy to see how un- "not" and ruly "rule" create a word that is all about not following rules. An unruly person refuses to obey authority, while an unruly piece of hair might refuse to stay inside a clip.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](尤指孩子)没教养的,难控制的,难管束的 If you describe people, especially children, as unruly, you mean that they behave badly and are difficult to control.
  • It's not good enough just to blame the unruly children.

    对难管教的孩子只是责备是不够的。

  • ...unruly behaviour.

    没教养的行为

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](头发)凌乱的,不整洁的 Unruly hair is difficult to keep tidy.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • The man had a huge head of remarkably black, unruly hair.

    那个人有一头乱蓬蓬的黑发。

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