the coalition「s tetchy internal politics, plus a desire to constrain public-sector anger as budget cuts bite, mean that its leaders want to avoid confrontation.
联合政府动辄发怒,想要抑制公共部门因开支被削减而引起的愤怒,这意味着他们的领导希望回避沖突。
as a critic gets older, he or she usually grows more tetchy and. may even become a big - league scold(james wolcott)
当一个批评家衰老的时候,通常变得更为暴躁…甚至会成为一流的骂街者(詹姆斯·沃尔科特) 收藏。
it may make for tetchy government, but it could also moderate the extremes.
这可能导致多变的政府,但是可以使得极端分子们更温和一些。
even dmitry medvedev, russia’s president and usually a friendlier host than mr putin, grew tetchy at a joint kremlin press conference with mr cameron.
because teachers are simplifying their lessons to take account of the tetchy – or grumpy – students, there」s concern that pupils who are getting enough sleep are losing out in these adjusted lessons.
老师们为了照顾那些睡眠不足的学生会简化课程,但是这对于那些睡眠充足的学生来说是一种损失。
wounded, tetchy and less effective than it should be, america is still the power that counts.
美国尽管受伤了、脾气变坏了、效率变低了,但依旧是不可或缺的。
but mr obama, so far, has been much more diplomatic, urging only dialogue between the two tetchy neighbours.
迄今为止,奥巴马对于这个问题还只是说些外交辞令,要求双方进行会谈。
he「s good on routine and he has a car, so he can take them to the zoo or out for a pizza when they」re tetchy and bored.