"an incorrigibly fractious young man"
"not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
testy的用法和样例:
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用作形容词 (adj.)
The flash of anger took many voters by surprise because Fukuda had kept his testy temperament under wraps as leader. 福田在发布会上的这句气话让选民们大吃一惊,因为这位前首相先生向来是喜怒不形于色。
A doctor was called in to see a rather testy aristocrat. 一个性格相当暴躁的贵族召来了一位医生为他检查。
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经典引文
Must I..crouch Under your testy humour?
出自:Julius Caesar ,
Shakespeare
Folks less intractable and testy than such prejudiced disputants.