He had almost seemed like a human being and not the perverse wretch she knew so well.

他几乎真像个有良心的好人，是她所熟悉的乖戾的坏蛋。

Mark Twain has a similar effect, and we connect him with a smarmy, witty, affectionately curmudgeonly type of writing.

马克·吐温(Mark Twain)的名声也例外，我常把这作家与谄媚、诙谐、亲切、乖戾的写作风格联系在一起。

Snooker, Pete Tong and perverse ferret — folks, you heard it here first.

斯诺克、Pete Tong 和乖戾的雪貂——各，是在这里第一次听到的。

Even the sad, sour sisters should be kindly dealt with, because they have missed the sweetest part of life, if for no other reason.

即使是那些令人悲哀的、乖戾的大姐姐。也请善待她，如果是为了别的原因，至也为了她错过了生命中最为甜蜜的阶段。

Lydgate said, " Very well, " with a surly obedience, and thus the discussion ended with his promising Rosamond, and not with her promising him.

利德盖特说：“很好， ” 带着乖戾的顺从， 因此讨论以他对罗莎蒙德的承诺结， 是她对他的承诺。

But if anyone cross and disagreeable happened to sip, he was pretty certain to twist his face into a hard knot and call it a pitcher of sour milk!

但是任何一个性情乖戾的友好的人碰巧来喝一口，他肯定会一脸难受的表情，并且会说那罐牛奶馊了！

Given that there are at least 43,678 species of the critters, though, it is not too surprising that a few have overcome their natural grumpiness and teamed up to form societies.

过考虑到这种生物至有43678种，有那么几种能克服天生乖戾的性情结群居也就足为奇了。

I mean what you want a father to be is someone to be a taskmaster, in a way, but to teach you in the most loving—but he was a terrible curmudgeon.

我的意思是在某种程度上，想要的父亲是一个监督者的形象，但是以最慈爱的方式教导——但他是一个可怕的、乖戾的人。

Baudu, who had so far appeared not to notice Denise, now raised his head, with the surly movement that he affected when standing at his shop door, every time she passed.

Baudu 到目前为止似乎没有注意到 Denise， 现在他抬起头， 每次她经过时他都站在他的店门口时表现出乖戾的动作。

Its instantaneous comic book associations give it a zippy, ebullient, jaunty-little-boy flare. Unless you're the curmudgeonly Archie Bunker, of course, but even he has his place in the pop culture hall of fame.

它与漫画书的即时联系赋予其一种活泼、热情、洋洋得意的小男孩形象。当然，除非是脾气乖戾的阿奇·邦克，但即使是他也在流行文化的名人堂中占有一席之地。

Her affection tired very soon, however, and when she grew peevish, Hindley became tyrannical. A few words from her, evincing a dislike to Heathcliff, were enough to rouse in him all his old hatred of the boy.

但是多久，她的这种喜爱劲头就退 了。当她变得乖戾的时候，辛德雷也变得暴虐了。她只要吐出几个字，暗示喜欢希刺克厉夫，这就足以把他对这孩子的旧恨全都勾起来。