乖戾的

The original meaning of "li" is "contrariness" or "cruelty" and its extended meaning is "violation".

"戾家"的"戾"的含义由乖张、暴戾而引申为违反。

Old age had crabbed my nature.

年老使我的性格变得乖戾。

He had to run the country, too, and wrestle with a fractious congress at every point to get things done

他还得治理这个国家，凡事都要和乖戾固执的国会斗争一番才能办成。

I have been a grumpy, frumpy, wayward sort of a woman, a good many years.

多少年来，我做了一个乖戾、孤僻、任性的女人。

China has been a grumpy taker in this process .

但在这一过程中，中国这一获取者的表现堪称乖戾。

His splenetic nature was both gross and uncalled for.

他的乖戾性格是既粗俗又毫无道理。

But to make sure that American triumphalism is not replaced by a grumpy and irresponsible isolationism.

而是要确保美国必胜主义不要被乖戾且不负责任的孤立主义所取代。

A dark scowl; the proverbially dour New England Puritan; a glum, hopeless shrug; he sat in moody silence; a morose and unsociable manner; a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius- Bruce Bliven; a sour temper; a sullen crowd.

忧郁的愁容；众所周知的、性格阴沉的新英格兰清教徒；忧郁、绝望的耸肩；他陷入了抑郁、沉默；乖僻、不爱交际的习惯；忧郁、差不多厌恶整个人类的年轻天才——布鲁斯·比利芬；乖戾的性情；一群闷闷不乐的人。

Roelof ten Doesschate, head of a large psychiatric hospital in the Dutch city of Deventer, worries that films like "As Good As It Gets"—a portrayal of an obsessive, cantankerous writer—understate the wretchedness of real-life mental illness.

市一家大型精神病医院的负责人罗洛夫·杜斯切特担心，诸如《尽善尽美》这样的电影——描述了一位有强迫症的、性情乖戾的作家——只是轻描淡写了现实中精神病的不幸和悲惨。

Roelof ten Doesschate, head of a large psychiatric hospital in the Dutch city of Deventer, worries that films like "As Good As It Gets"—a portrayal of an obsessive, cantankerous writer—understate the wretchedness of real-life mental illness.

荷兰德文特尔市一家大型精神病医院的负责人罗洛夫·杜斯切特担心，诸如《尽善尽美》这样的电影——描述了一位有强迫症的、性情乖戾的作家——只是轻描淡写了现实中精神病的不幸和悲惨。

With Death guitarist Schuldiner adopting vocal duties, the band made a major impact on the scene.

随着死亡的吉他手Schuldiner接受主唱的职务，乐队在现实中树立了重要的影响。

But he could still end up breakfasting on Swiss-government issue muesli because all six are accused of nicking around 45 million pounds they should have paid to FIFA.

不过他最后仍有可能沦为瑞士政府&议事餐桌&上的一道早餐，因为这所有六个人都被指控把本应支付给国际足联的大约4500万英镑骗了个精光。