curmudgeons
英 [kɜːˈmʌdʒənz]
美 [kərˈmʌdʒɪnz]
n. 脾气坏的人(常指老年人)
curmudgeon的复数
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 恶毒的人;脾气坏的人
If you call someone a curmudgeon, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.- ...such a terrible old curmudgeon.
脾气相当暴躁的老倔头
- ...such a terrible old curmudgeon.
双语例句
- Moreover, "when the curmudgeons in your life were twenty-two, most of them found that getting started in the job market was characterized by low pay, boring entry-level work, [ and] little job security," he writes.
他写道，此外，许多乖戾者二十二岁毕业，在就业市场找工作时，等待他们的只有薪酬微薄且枯燥乏味的低级工作，也几乎没有就业保障。 - So what does it take to impress these folks, who may well be "executives in their forties who have every appearance of being open-minded and cool," but are in truth closeted curmudgeons?
所以，应该怎么做才能打动这些家伙呢，这些很可能在四十多岁时就担任高管，表面上显得无比开明和优秀，私下里实际上却十分乖戾的人？