crotchety

crotchety

1. It's hardly surprising that this bold, or perhaps crotchety, proposal was instantly controversial.

不出所料，这个大胆，些许有些离奇的建议一经提出便立刻引起争议。

2. He was a thin old man, seventy when she died, a queer, crotchety person with coarse gray-black hair and beard, quite straggly and unkempt.

亨利是个瘦瘦的小老头，在她死时是七十一岁，他还是个古里古怪的人，粗糙灰白的头发和胡须都是乱七八糟的。

3. His crotchety, even cruel behavior must be mischaracterized too.

他反复无常、甚至是残酷的行为一定也是由于复杂的性格原因。

4. He was tired and crotchety.

他累了，动不动就发火。

5. He had to give the crotchety old miser his last money for a map of the area, but he wasn't complaining - otherwise he'd still be trying to find his way home.

但是有人说偶尔会发现一些非法的工厂，那里你可以买下一个急救帐篷，一个弩炮和一个弹药车，一站购齐！想象一下他们赚的钱，恩？

6. Your brothers provide quite well for all of us, and I need your smile here.But then, no-one listens to a crotchety old lady in a wheelchair.

你哥哥们赚的也足够供养供养家里了，我只要你在我身边微笑就可以了，不过呢，大概没人会去听个轮椅上的老太太胡言乱语咯。

7. It was one of thoes rare occasions when I ignored the crotchety old voice that spoiled my fun.

像这样无视那扼杀了我的乐趣的古怪声音，还真是屈指可数。

8. It was one of those rare occasions when I ignored the crotchety old voice that spoiled my fun. Something clicked inside me.

像这样无视那扼杀了我的乐趣的古怪声音，还真是屈指可数。我总算是开了窍。

9. At his first face-to-face debate with Mr Obama on September 26th, he refused to look his opponent in the face, which made him seem crotchety and disrespectful.

在9月26号与奥巴马的第一场面对面的辩论中，他拒绝正面看他的对手，从而让人们觉得他很固执和失礼。

10. On deadline day, the paper's crotchety general manager would suddenly appear over her shoulder, inspecting her work for errors.

在最终期限将至的一天，这位脾气古怪的总经理总会突然出现在她身边，给她的工作挑点毛病。

11. When you're dealing with your parents, laughter can be a lifesaver -- both to help you handle the stress of dealing with sometimes crotchety individuals and to help you bond together.

当你和父母相处时，大笑会是一个救星--即能让你对付压力，又能帮你增进感情。

12. A lot of older people are crotchety because they've been complaining all their lives. (Down in Florida, my mother describes condo-association bickering as 'nitpicking in paradise.

很多老年人脾气暴躁，因为他们一辈子都在怨天尤人。（在佛罗里达州，我妈妈把公寓里的邻里争吵称为“在天堂里吹毛求疵”。）

13. The next thing I knew, his crotchety neighbor was laying out his ideas on Israeli foreign policy at the top of his lungs.

接着，他那古怪的邻居就开始声嘶力竭地发表他对以色列外交政策的意见。

14. Indeed they don't, Mother. My mother may be crotchety, Miss Potter, but she does have an eye for beautiful things. She was fascinated by your drawings.

是啊,大家都不听了。我母亲也许是有点神神叨叨,波特小姐,但是她可有双善于发现美丽的眼睛。她非常欣赏你的画。

15. Norman Warne: Indeed they don't, Mother. My mother may be crotchety, Miss Potter, but she does have an eye for beautiful things. She was fascinated by your drawings.

是啊，大家都不听了。我母亲也许是有点神神叨叨，波特小姐，但是她可有双善于发现美丽的眼睛。她非常欣赏你的画。

16. It seems that he is in crotchety opposition to his father.

看起来，他对他爸爸火气很大，也很敌对。

17. The real trouble was that Gerhardt had grown intensely morose and crotchety, and it was becoming impossible for young people to live with him.

真正的毛病就在葛哈德的心境一天阴郁似一天，脾气也一天天的变古怪，以致青年人没有跟他同住的可能。

18. The soot sprites from My Neighbor Totoro are here, working in the boiler room and feeding coal into the furnace, under the supervision of a crotchety old man with spider arms.

这个油屋欢迎着各种各样的客人，许多奇形怪样的，萝卜神和巨鸟，小型的交谈着的青蛙和龙。