curmudgeon

音标发音

• 英式音标 [kɜː'mʌdʒ(ə)n]
• 美式音标 [kɚˈmʌdʒ.ən]
• 国际音标 [kə:'mʌdʒən]
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基本解释

• n. 脾气坏的人，乖戾的人；吝啬鬼；存心不良的人

词根记忆

• cur(跑) + mud(泥) + geon→跑到泥巴里去发脾气→脾气坏的人(尤指老人)

同根派生

• adj性质的同根词

  curmudgeonly：不和悦的；小气的。

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英汉例句

双语例句

• Indeed, whereas a young curmudgeon has no heart, an old idealist has no head.
  的确，一个年轻的乖戾之人没有善心，一个年老的理想主义者没有头脑。
• His last industry job was with IBM Rational Software, where he was known as "the RUP Curmudgeon" and was also a member of the original Rational Suite team.
  他最后一个工业界的工作是从事IBM Rational 软件，在那里，他被称作是“the RUP Curmudgeon”，他还是最初Rational套件团队的一员。
• Only a curmudgeon would deny the many benefits that our computers and electronic networks have brought us.
  只有一个被我们称为脾气暴躁的老头置疑了电脑、手机带给我们的好处。

原声例句

• "To be honest with you, I think that it lent to the kind of curmudgeon-like feel of the character itself."

权威例句

• Call me a curmudgeon, but I detested those forced moments of gaiety and collegiality.
  FORBES: When You Just Don't Fit In At The Office
• He was a self-described curmudgeon, often blunt, blasphemous and unbending yet extremely smart and seasoned in the news business.
  FORBES: Connect
• Call me a curmudgeon, but I think there was a certain wisdom in the anti-family values of the military I joined.
  NPR: Draft Left Fighting of Wars to Younger Soldiers

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词组短语

短语

• The Curmudgeon 坏脾气者的前进指南
• curmudgeon n 脾气暴躁之人;守财奴
• curmudgeon agreeable person 脾气暴躁的人

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• an old person who is often in a bad mood

柯林斯英英字典

• If you call someone a curmudgeon, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.

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专业释义

经济学

• 存心不良的人

心理学

• 坏脾气的