ornery

ornery

1. a lively child, who had been spoilt and indulged, and therefore was sometimes wayward (Charlotte Bront?). One who is ornery is marked by a mean - spirited, often defiant contrariety:

一个活泼的孩子，因为被娇宠溺爱而有时任性倔强（夏洛蒂 勃朗特）。用Ornery来形容人时具有心胸狭窄，又常常违抗不服的互相矛盾的特征：

2. Last week in Los Angeles, the reformers learned just how ornery the current system can be.

上周在洛杉矶，改革派领教了当前体制令人不快的一面。

3. Can Carmelo Anthony play the same brand of ornery defense all season long that he did against the Lakers in the playoffs?

丹佛金块：卡梅隆-安东尼表现还会像上个赛季和季后赛对湖人那样一般的防守吗？

4. He was not afraid of ornery rustlers.

也不怕卑鄙的偷牛贼。

5. Also imagine that no matter how rude, unhappy, irritated, or ornery the voices are on the other end of the line, these young Indians are incessantly and unfailingly polite.

也可以设想不管电话那头的声音多么粗鲁、不悦、恼怒或争吵，这些年轻的印度人不倦的保持礼貌。

6. Once upon a time in a far away swamp there lived an ornery ogre named Shrek (Mike Myers) whose precious solitude is suddenly shattered by an invasion of annoying fairytale characters.

从前，某国家的公主费安娜一生坎坷，小时候被诅咒每逢月圆之夜会变成怪物模样，长大后又给恶魔捉去强迫要娶她为妻。

7. He was strong and brave. He was not afraid of coyotes. He was not afraid of mountain lions. He was not afraid of ornery rustlers.

他既强壮又勇敢。不怕土狼。不怕山狮。也不怕卑鄙的偷牛贼。

8. 3.He was convinced he was loved by all; and he was, even when he was ornery trying to just get our attention.

他深信我们所有人都爱他，事实的确是这样，就算有时候他会耍脾气来吸引我们的注意力。

9. "And he had a little small bull-pup, that to look at him you'd think he warn't worth a cent but to set around and look ornery and lay for a chance to steal something.

他还有一只小斗狗，光看外表你准以为它一钱不值，就配在那儿拴着，一副贼溜溜的样子，老想偷点什么。

10. But her daughter later told a reporter, "My dad's an ornery old cowboy, and he didn't like it when he heard mom's vote wouldn't be counted.

但是他女儿告诉记者，“我父亲是一个普通的牧民，当他知道我母亲的选票无效时很不开心。

11. Authors are like software developers, not powerful individually but incredibly powerful en masse (and just as ornery!

作者可以通过出版商把图书摆上零售商的货架上。但是，这种情况正在发生变化。

12. 1.On top of that, the tools themselves were almost universally immature and ornery.

其中最严重的是，这些工具几乎普遍都不够成熟，性能也一般。

13. The first three med students are ornery because they have been waiting for 11 minutes.

前三个医学学生很生气，因为他们等了我十一分钟了。

14. It is mostly because we're mean and ornery.

多半是因为我们小心眼，有点固执。

15. and if she didn't, everybody naturally despises an ungrateful nigger, and they'd make Jim feel it all the time, and so he'd feel ornery and disgraced.

如果她不是这么干，大伙儿自然会一个个都瞧不起忘恩负义的黑奴，他们势必会叫杰姆时时刻刻意识到这一点，搞得他狼狈不堪、无地自容。

16. Andres Nocioni: He's not only tough, but also ornery.

安德烈-诺奇奥尼：他不仅仅是强硬的，而且脾气暴躁。

17. He was convinced he was loved by all;and he was, even when he was ornery trying to just get our attention.

家里聊天或者和朋友聊天都好像离不开阿诺德这个主题。

18. With a really ornery knot, give up trying to fix it and see if you can welcome it, make room for it.

对于很糟的情况，放弃修正的努力，看看是否能欢迎它并接纳它。

19. When he was 16 when is sometimes ornery shoots carves the hero!

当他十六岁时已经是威名远播的射雕英雄了！

20. When I tried to get the car salesman to lower his prices, he became ornery and dug in his heels.

当我试图让汽车销售员把价格降低时，他不耐烦地蹭着脚，脾气暴躁起来

21. When I tried to get the car salesman to lower his prices,he became ornery and dug in his heels.

当我试图让汽车销售员把价格降低时，他不耐烦地蹭着脚，脾气暴躁起来。

22. Texas Longhorn bull looking mighty ornery!

得克萨斯角牛图片 Texas Longhorn.

23. I'm nasty, I'm old, and a little bit ornery.

我有点儿惹人讨厌，我是老头，有点爱唠叨。

24. It's aid that Lao Zhang is ornery good terms with the minister

据说老张和那个部长的关系特别好

25. But they seem to be becoming more ornery.

然而他们看起来脾气变得越来越大。

26. 2.Nathan is so ornery in the morning that he never answers his phone.

纳单早上情绪最差，他从来不接电话。

27. Ornery or not,You've been M.I.A for over a month.

贱不贱我不管，你失踪了有一个多月了。

28. It goes with the grain of Britain's ornery zeitgeist, with its antipathy to politicians.

这一新的议程延续了英国挑刺儿的时代精神和对政客的不屑。

29. The hunters were buffaloed by these powerful, speedy, ornery creatures who were so hard to control

这些强壮、迅猛、暴躁的动物如此难以制服，猎人束手无策。