Mr Beevor decries the rebarbative “Bomber” Harris's attempt to win the war by bringing death and destruction to every major German city as a moral and strategic failure.

在安东尼·比弗笔下，讨人厌的“炸弹”哈里斯试轰炸所有德主要城市以争的做法是道德上和略上的失误。

It seemed wilfully rebarbative, a rejection of the idea of reading for pleasure.

这似乎是故意排斥，拒绝以阅读为乐趣的想法。