restive / ˈrɛs tɪv /

⚽高中词汇躁动不安躁动不安分不安分的人

restive 的定义

adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
  2. refractory; stubborn.
  3. refusing to go forward; balky: a restive horse.

restive 近义词

adj. 形容词 adjective

impatient, nervous

更多restive例句

  1. Curiously, the way Below Zero oscillates from long restive stretches between points of interest to short bursts of perilous activity absorbed my attention in ways many more-frenzied popular horror games don’t.
  2. Workers had to sign a “Conditions of Employment” slip that listed “agitation” and “insubordination” as grounds for firing, and those living in the company town risked losing their home if they were seen as being too restive.
  3. International border tensions have defined the restive region, which has been heavily militarized, with civil protests and terror attacks over several decades.
  4. The U.S. launched campaigns in the restive Iraqi city of Fallujah and a surge campaign in Baghdad.
  5. The U.S. military is finally starting to train Iraqi troops to fight ISIS in restive Anbar province.
  6. The great exception, of course, was Ireland, its most restive component.
  7. On Friday, the restive Ukrainian parliament, now dominated by her political allies, voted to free her.
  8. Levinson pointed to the the SInai Peninsula, the restive swath of desert that links Israel to Egypt.
  9. A handsome soldier on a restive bay mare came next, and behind him a huge touring car with a pompous black chauffeur.
  10. Long grass bordered the road on either side, and Barrington's horse suddenly shied and became restive.
  11. Even the platform supporters grew restive unconsciously, and stirred and coughed.
  12. Whatever court he went to (and he was often obliged to go to restive and refractory ones) he brought them into his measures.
  13. But sometimes, as now, she was restive under his too close scrutiny.