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. 脾气坏的人，乖戾的人；吝啬鬼；存心不良的人
词根记忆
- cur(跑) + mud(泥) + geon→跑到泥巴里去发脾气→脾气坏的人(尤指老人)
英汉例句
- Indeed, whereas a young curmudgeon has no heart, an old idealist has no head.
的确，一个年轻的乖戾之人没有善心，一个年老的理想主义者没有头脑。 - 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.
他最后一个工业界的工作是从事IBM Rational 软件，在那里，他被称作是“the RUP Curmudgeon”，他还是最初Rational套件团队的一员。 - Only a curmudgeon would deny the many benefits that our computers and electronic networks have brought us.
只有一个被我们称为脾气暴躁的老头置疑了电脑、手机带给我们的好处。 - "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 坏脾气者的前进指南
- curmudgeon n 脾气暴躁之人;守财奴
- curmudgeon agreeable person 脾气暴躁的人
短语
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
- 坏脾气的