unruly

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a. 难控制的, 无法无天的, 任性的

发音

其它 /ʌnˈɹuːli/

词形变化

unrulier 比较级 unrulier unruliest unruliest 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Wild; uncontrolled.

    The police gathered to contain the unruly mob.

    Richard DeLongpre: Are you okay, my boy angel? Allen Gregory DeLongpre: I have a broken heart. And undergarments filled with my own unruly waste.

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形容词

同义词 8

uncontrollable disobedient boisterous indocile rambunctious robustious rumbustious ungovernable

近义相关 4

difficult disorderly insubordinate unmanageable

词源

From Middle English unruly (“unquiet, restless”), equivalent to un- + rule + -ly (compare Middle English ruly, reuli (“subject to a religious rule, regular”)), but also representing a modified continuation of earlier Middle English unrouly, unroly (“unquiet, restless”), equivalent to un- + roolie. The latter is perhaps from or influenced by Old Norse *úróligr, related to Danish urolig (“restless”), Swedish orolig (“restless”), Icelandic órólegur (“agitated”). Compare also Middle English unroo, unro (“unrest”). More at roo.

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