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display/show petulance
petulance 常与 show/display 搭配，指表现出不耐烦或易怒。
The child displayed petulance when denied candy.
被拒绝给糖果时，孩子表现出坏脾气。
易怒；坏脾气；使性子
petulances — plural of petulance
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易怒；坏脾气；使性子
the tendency to become easily annoyed and show bad temper, often in a childish way
The child displayed petulance when denied candy.
被拒绝给糖果时，孩子表现出坏脾气。
孩子气的不耐烦或闹情绪；易怒
Childish impatience or sulkiness; testiness.
His petulance at the restaurant embarrassed everyone at the table.
他在餐厅里发脾气让在座的每个人都感到难堪。
She could not hide her petulance when the game was interrupted.
游戏被打断时，她掩饰不住自己的坏脾气。
His sudden petulance surprised his usually calm colleagues.
他突然的坏脾气让平时冷静的同事们感到惊讶。
petulance 常与 show/display 搭配，指表现出不耐烦或易怒。
The child displayed petulance when denied candy.
被拒绝给糖果时，孩子表现出坏脾气。
介词 with 后接 petulance 表示方式。
He spoke with petulance, slamming the door.
他带着坏脾气说话，砰地关上了门。
a fit of 表示一阵突发的情感。
She stormed off in a fit of petulance.
她在一阵坏脾气中愤然离去。
Not this
He is very petulance.
Use this
He is very petulant.
petulance 是名词，不能直接作表语形容词，应改为形容词 petulant。
Not this
He made petulance when he lost the game.
Use this
He showed petulance when he lost the game.
中文‘发脾气’直译为 make petulance，但英语搭配应为 show petulance，动词 make 不用于此。
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