churlish
adj. 脾氣壞的; 吝嗇的; 小氣的; 無禮的
Someone who is churlish is unfriendly, bad-tempered, or impolite.
She would think him churlish if he refused...
他要是拒絕的話,她就會認為他不夠友好。
The room was so lovely it seemed churlish to argue.
房間太漂亮了,要是再爭辯的話就會顯得很無禮。
1. rude and boorish
2. having a bad disposition; surly;
At home he was churlish, parsimonious and cruel to his daughter.
在家裡他對他那些女兒粗暴無禮且殘忍.
'sheath thy sword, " the surly sheriff said, " or surely shall a churlish serf soon shatter thee. "
“ 把你的劍裝回劍鞘吧, ” 無禮的郡治安官說, “ 否則很快很快就會有一個粗野的農奴將你碎屍萬段. ”
Yet if you complain about these, you seem ungrateful – if not just plain churlish.
可是如果你抱怨這些, 不是單純的粗魯的話,就有點忘恩負義了.
It would be churlish to tie strings to our help.
把我們的援助加上一些附加條件,那是吝嗇的.
It would be churlish to refuse.
一口拒絕,可太粗暴了.