unruly

英 [ʌnˈruːli]

美 [ʌnˈruːli]

adj.  难以控制(或管理)的 ; 难以驾驭的

比较级：unrulier　

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Collins.1 / BNC.13824 / COCA.11878

牛津词典

adj.

• 难以控制（或管理）的 ；难以驾驭的
  difficult to control or manage
  1. an unruly class
     难管教的班级
  2. unruly behaviour
     无法无天的行为
  3. unruly hair (= difficult to keep looking neat)
     难梳理的头发

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （尤指孩子）没教养的，难控制的，难管束的
  If you describe people, especially children, asunruly, you mean that they behave badly and are difficult to control.
  1. It's not good enough just to blame the unruly children.
     对难管教的孩子只是责备是不够的。
  2. ...unruly behaviour.
     没教养的行为
• ADJ-GRADED （头发）凌乱的，不整洁的
  Unrulyhair is difficult to keep tidy.
  1. The man had a huge head of remarkably black, unruly hair.
     那个人有一头乱蓬蓬的黑发。

英英释义

adj

• of persons
  1. the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly
  Synonym:indocileuncontrollableungovernable
• noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
  1. a boisterous crowd
  2. a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand
  3. a robustious group of teenagers
  4. beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings
  5. an unruly class
  Synonym:boisterousrambunctiousrobustiousrumbustious
• unwilling to submit to authority
  1. unruly teenagers
  Synonym:disobedient

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