obstreperous
GRE,1
英[əb'strep(ə)rəs]
|美[əb'strɛpərəs]
日语:邪魔な
法语:tapageur
德语:widerspenstig
韩语:시끄러운
俄语:estrepitoso
牛津词典
adj.
- 喧闹的;桀骜不驯的;任性的
noisy and difficult to control
同、反义词
同义词:
adj.
disruptive,rowdy,disorderly,loud,noisy
双语例句
- You know I have no intention of being awkward and obstreperous.
你知道我无意存心作对。
- And they are humbled by the task of transforming so many ambitious individuals and obstreperous regions into a harmonious but innovative whole.
要将如此众多胸怀大志的个体和难以驾驭的地区转化成一个和谐而富于创新的整体,这样的重任使他们的努力显得渺小。
- Mr Ban could do the same& especially if, as he claims, he wants to win the trust of the increasingly assertive and obstreperous group of developing countries known as the G77.
潘基文可能也是如此,一如他声称的,尤其是如果他想赢得七十七国集团(G77)信任的话,G77是发展中国家组织,如今正越发武断与任性。
语源
late 16th cent. (in the sense clamorous, vociferous): from Latin obstreperus(from obstrepere, from ob-against + streperemake a noise) + -ous