curmudgeon
n. 脾气坏的人，乖戾的人；吝啬鬼；存心不良的人
n.
坏脾气的人，吝啬鬼，守财奴；
变形
复数：curmudgeons
英英释义
curmudgeon[ kə:'mʌdʒən ]
n.a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
This was taught to me by my pipe-smoking guru, an insufferably grouchy old curmudgeon.
这是我的烟斗导师教给我的，他是一个不苟言笑，脾气乖戾的老头，但他却的确懂得抽烟斗。
权威例句
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curmudgeon (n.)
1570s, of unknown origin; the suggestion, based on a misreading of a garbled note from Johnson, that it is from French coeur mechant "evil heart" is not taken seriously; the first syllable may be cur "dog." Liberman says the word "must have been borrowed from Gaelic (and references muigean "disagreeable person"), with variant spelling of intensive prefix ker-. Related: Curmudgeonly.
1. The old curmudgeon found a new scapegoat and that let me out.
那个老守财奴找到一个新的替罪羊，这样我就脱身了。
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2. 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。
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3. This was taught to me by my pipe-smoking guru, an insufferably grouchy old curmudgeon.
这是我的烟斗导师教给我的，他是一个不苟言笑，脾气乖戾的老头，但他却的确懂得抽烟斗。
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4. If you leave the theater without a smile on your face, then you're really a curmudgeon.
如果你是没有一丝笑容地离开电影院，那你真的是爱闹别扭了。
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5. The old curmudgeon was talking about the smothering effects of parental duty on creative lives.
那些坏脾气的老人们喋喋不休于父母生儿育女之责任的妨碍性效应。
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6. 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。
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7. The phrases most used to describe a man who was generous to a fault are "old curmudgeon", "wicked old man", and "wicked old wizard".
最常用来形容一个人对过失很大方的词就是一个“倔老头' ' '，' ' ' '邪恶老人”，和“邪恶精灵' ' ' '。”
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8. 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IBMRational软件，在那里，他被称作是“theRUPCurmudgeon”，他还是最初Rational套件团队的一员。
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9. As an old curmudgeon who's seen too many fads and useless-or worse, harmful-practices that are blindly followed without fully understanding them, I have come to value.
作为一个坏脾气老人，我见到过太多流行一时的和无用——或更严重，有害——的实践，在没完全理解他们之前就盲目实施，我不得不还原价值。
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10. "May seem like a rhetorical one, especially coming from the former" RUP Curmudgeon, "my nickname inside the Rational organization before I left to pursue an academic career."
这个问题看起来是一个反问句，尤其是出自于先前的一个“RUP怪老头”的口中，这是我在离开Rational组织从事理论生涯之前的昵称。
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11. Mainly, his essays struck a cord in viewers by pointing out life's unspoken truths or more often complaining about its subtle lies, earning him the "curmudgeon" status he wore like a uniform.
大体上来看，他的短评都是通过指出生活中潜在的事实，或者更多地抱怨生活中微妙的谎言，从而精确无误地激起观众的共鸣，加上他身上穿的类似制服一般，这一切使得他获得一种“乖戾妄为”的形象。
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12. Mainly, his essays struck a cord in viewers by pointing out life's unspoken truths or more often complaining about its subtle lies, earning him the "curmudgeon" status he wore like a uniform.
大体上来看，他的短评都是通过指出生活中潜在的事实，或者更多地抱怨生活中微妙的谎言，从而精确无误地激起观众的共鸣，加上他身上穿的类似制服一般，这一切使得他获得一种“乖戾妄为”的形象。
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