curmudgeon
音标发音
- 英式音标 [kɜː'mʌdʒ(ə)n]
- 美式音标 [kɚˈmʌdʒ.ən]
- 国际音标 [kə:'mʌdʒən]
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- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 脾氣壞的人，乖戾的人；吝嗇鬼；存心不良的人
词根记忆
- cur(跑) + mud(泥) + geon→跑到泥巴裡去發脾氣→脾氣壞的人(尤指老人)
英汉例句
- Indeed, whereas a young curmudgeon has no heart, an old idealist has no head.
的確，一個年輕的乖戾之人沒有善心，一個年老的理想主義者沒有頭腦。 - His last industry job was with IBM Rational Software, where he was known as "the RUP Curmudgeon" and was also a member of the original Rational Suite team.
他最後一個工業界的工作是從事IBM Rational 軟件，在那裡，他被稱作是“the RUP Curmudgeon”，他還是最初Rational套件團隊的一員。 - Only a curmudgeon would deny the many benefits that our computers and electronic networks have brought us.
衹有一個被我們稱爲脾氣暴躁的老頭置疑了電腦、手機帶給我們的好処。 - "To be honest with you, I think that it lent to the kind of curmudgeon-like feel of the character itself."
- Call me a curmudgeon, but I detested those forced moments of gaiety and collegiality.
FORBES: When You Just Don't Fit In At The Office - He was a self-described curmudgeon, often blunt, blasphemous and unbending yet extremely smart and seasoned in the news business.
FORBES: Connect - Call me a curmudgeon, but I think there was a certain wisdom in the anti-family values of the military I joined.
NPR: Draft Left Fighting of Wars to Younger Soldiers
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词组短语
- The Curmudgeon 壞脾氣者的前進指南
- curmudgeon n 脾氣暴躁之人;守財奴
- curmudgeon agreeable person 脾氣暴躁的人
短語
英英字典
- an old person who is often in a bad mood
- If you call someone a curmudgeon, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
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专业释义
- 存心不良的人
- 壞脾氣的