touchy
英 [ˈtʌtʃi]
美 [ˈtʌtʃi]
adj. 易烦恼; 易生气; 易怒; 敏感性的; 需要小心处理的; 棘手的
比较级:touchier
BNC.19964 / COCA.16171
牛津词典
adj.
- 易烦恼;易生气;易怒
easily upset or offended- He's a little touchy about his weight.
他对自己的体重感到有点儿苦恼。
- He's a little touchy about his weight.
- 敏感性的;需要小心处理的;棘手的
that may upset or offend people and should therefore be dealt with carefully
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 易怒的;过于敏感的;暴躁的
If you describe someone astouchy, you mean that they are easily upset, offended, or irritated.- She is very touchy about her past...
她对自己的过去非常敏感。 - Don't be so touchy.
别这么小心眼。
- She is very touchy about her past...
- ADJ-GRADED 棘手的;难办的;需谨慎处理的
If you say that something is atouchysubject, you mean that it is a subject that needs to be dealt with carefully and in a sensitive way, because it might upset or offend people.- ...the touchy question of political reform.
政治改革这一棘手问题
- ...the touchy question of political reform.
英英释义
adj
- difficult to handle
- delicate negotiations with the big powers
- a touchy subject
- quick to take offense
双语例句
- Don't ask Bill about his divorce; it's a touchy subject.
别问比尔他离婚的事儿,那是个敏感的话题。 - I do not see why you are so touchy.
我不明白你为什么这么敏感。 - Dad's very touchy about his age.
爸爸对他的年龄很敏感。 - We are all at our wit's end about this touchy problem.
我们对这敏感问题,感到束手无策。 - Formal, exact and obstinate, he was also cold, suspicious, touchy and tactless.
严肃、严谨、倔强的他同时又冷漠、多疑、敏感、不会变通。 - She is so touchy about everything! I just can not take all her twisted old maid notion.
她对什么事情都容易生气!我就是无法忍受她那偏执的老处女脾气。 - Be careful the way you tell him the true. He's kind of touchy.
注意你告诉他真相时的语气,他是个非常敏感的人。 - Don't be touchy; I'm speaking in general terms only.
你别多心,我只是就一般而论。 - Politics was always a touchy subject with whose people.
对于那些人来说,政治一直是个敏感的话题。 - The Spanish and Greeks take plenty of holidays yet bosses there are increasingly touchy too.
西班牙人和希腊人的休假天数很多,但那里的老板们也变得越来越暴躁易怒。