桀骜不驯 meaning in English
(凶暴而倔强) wild and intractable; arrogant and unyielding; harsh and cruel; obstinate and unruly; proud and overbearing; stubborn and intractable
Examples
- He faced the raging crowd with defiance .
他桀骜不驯地面对着愤怒的人群。 - The stream had a force and a persistence which seemed alive .
这条河真可说是桀骜不驯，猛不可当。 - The old gentleman was in so savage a mood, that his humour was to contradict everybody .
这个老人天生桀骜不驯，他的脾气就是要反对每一个人。 - He was bare-headed, and the leaves had tossed his rebellious curls and tangled all their gilded threads .
他没戴帽子，树叶搅乱了他那桀骜不驯的卷发，叫所有那些发丝都纠结起来。 - It was, therefore, not only in burst of youthful rebelliousness that i found the luxurious social life at home not to my liking .
我不喜欢家庭奢靡的社交生活，这不单在于青年人的桀骜不驯。