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unruliness

/uhn-roo-lee/US // ʌnˈru li //UK // (ʌnˈruːlɪ) //

野蛮生长,不稳定,野蛮行为,野蛮的行为

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    un·ru·li·er, un·ru·li·est.

    • : not submissive or conforming to rule; ungovernable; turbulent; intractable; refractory; lawless: an unruly class; an unruly wilderness.

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Examples

  • I was particularly smitten with the ability to drive relatively fast and comfortably on unruly roads.

  • They stood up and clapped when unruly challengers were tossed from the room.

  • The televised debates are supposed to be “for the benefit of the American electorate,” the commission said in a statement Wednesday, implying that Tuesday night’s unruly slugfest did not achieve that goal.

  • As recent instances of customers responding violently to employees who have asked them to wear a mask have shown, employees have good reason to fear unruly customers.

  • But, there’s only so much training that can help store employees when dealing with an unruly customer in the moment.

  • And in informal talks, Chinese leaders have compared hackers on both sides to unruly children who can only barely be controlled.

  • It is an article of faith with this man that there won't be any unruly behavior or, God forbid, any scenes.

  • And if anyone thought this was an abdication and a letting go of the unruly region they need to think again.

  • Ancient night and the unruly salt  beat at the walls of my house.

  • In 2012, for example, Brian Claunch, a wheelchair-bound double amputee living in a group home in Houston, became unruly.

  • Joe saw her slim against the light, and his thoughts were like the sea surge, wild, unruly.

  • No one was willing to risk his life by mounting such an unruly animal.

  • He would not defend the deceiving priest; but no unruly men-at-arms should touch a hair of Sebastian, if he also was menaced.

  • Always an unruly fellow, and dangerous to trust among crockery.

  • The sexton, armed with a long stick, rapped the boys on the head if they proved unruly, or poked the men when they fell asleep.