restive是什么意思_restive的用法_词性_词根

短语搭配

restive province

不安的省

双语例句

The restive horse stood grazing in its place.

这匹停止前进的马站在原处吃草。
The restive young man was fed up with his teacher's nagging.

不耐烦的年轻人受够了老师的唠叨。
I was restive as I waited for the result of my physical examination.

我在等待体检结果的过程中非常焦躁不安。
The audience was becoming restive as they waited for the performance to begin.

观众们等待演出开始时变得越来越不耐烦
The audience grew restive.

观众变得不耐烦了。
Anxious firms may be joined by other restive groups.

在忧虑的公司之外还有不愿保持沉默的利益群体。
No wonder that the migrants are increasingly restive.

因此外来人员日益感到不安也就不足为奇了。
Mr Jonathan is Nigeria's first President from the restive Delta.

乔纳森是尼日利亚第一位来自这个难驾驭的三角洲的总统。
The answer from many of Turkey's restive Kurds has long been no.

许多住在土耳其倔强的库尔德人从来不这么觉得。

近义词

adj.

同根词

词根 rest

restless adj. 焦躁不安的；不安宁的；得不到满足的
restful adj. 宁静的；安静的；给人休息的
restlessly adv. 不安地；慌张地
restively adv. 难以驾御地；倔强地
restfully adv. 平安地；安静地
rest n. 休息，静止；休息时间；剩余部分；支架 vi. 休息；静止；依赖；安置 vt. 使休息，使轻松；把…寄托于
restlessness n. 坐立不安；不安定
restiveness n. 难以驾御；倔强
restfulness n. 宁静；安憩

释义

adj.

(of a person)unable to keep still or silent and becoming increasingly difficult to control, especially because of impatience, dissatisfaction, or boredom

焦躁不安的；躁动的；不耐烦的。

(of a horse)refusing to advance, stubbornly standing still or moving backwards or sideways

（马）倔头倔脑不肯往前的，停下闹别扭的。

词源

"late 16th cent.: from Old French restif, -ive, from Latin restare ‘remain'. The original sense, ‘inclined to remain still, inert', has undergone a reversal; the association with the refractory movements of a horse gave rise to the current sense ‘fidgety, restless’."