restive

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res·tive /ˈrestɪv/ adjectiveadj written

MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONdissatisfied or bored with your situation, and impatient for it to change 不满的；焦躁不安的

Communist leaders struggled to rule over increasingly restive populations.

人民不满情绪与日俱增，共和党领导人的统治举步维艰。

—restively adverbadv

—restiveness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

restive• The southern region was growing increasingly restive.• Another person joined the queue and the old lady immediately behind him began to look restive.• In the driving mirror I saw the driver of the estate-car was growing restive.• The men from Foss were restive.• Her restive fingers toyed with the battered keys.• If his wife is restive, he sees welfare as a positive invitation from the state for her to dissolve the marriage.• Similar appeals to restive Protestant gunmen came Thursday from civic and church leaders and government officials.

Origin restive

(1500-1600) Old French restif “refusing to move”, from rester; → REST1

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BNC: 21619 COCA: 21413

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