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

几乎真像个有良心好人，而不是她所熟悉乖戾坏蛋。

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)名声也不例外，我们常把这位作家与谄媚、诙谐、亲切、乖戾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 和乖戾雪貂——各位，你们是在这里第一次听到。

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、乖戾大姐姐们。也请你们善待她们，如果不是为了别原因，至也为了她们错过了生命中最为甜蜜阶段。

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， ” 带着乖戾顺从， 因此讨对罗莎蒙德承诺结束， 而不是她对承诺。

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不友好人碰巧来喝一口，肯定会一脸难受表情，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.

不过考虑到这种生物至有43678种，有那么几种能克服天生乖戾性情结群而居也就不足为奇了。

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.

我意思是在某种程度上，你想要父亲是一个监督者形象，但是最慈爱方式教导你——但是一个可怕、乖戾人。

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， 现在抬起头， 每次她经过时都站在店门口时表现出乖戾动作。

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.

它与漫画书即时联系赋予其一种活泼、热情、洋洋得意男孩形象。当然，除非你是脾气乖戾阿奇·邦克，但即使是也在流行文化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.

但是不多久，她这种喜爱劲头就退 了。当她变得乖戾时候，辛德雷也变得暴虐了。她只要吐出几个字，暗示不喜欢希刺克厉夫，这就足把对这孩子旧恨全都勾起来。