| 单词 | querulous |
| 释义 | querulous (once / 2885 pages) adj Querulous means “having a tendency to complain” or, more directly put, “whiny.” Sure, no one can be happy all the time, but that’s no excuse for being querulous. Querulous may remind you of the word query, which means “question.” However, the two words are not closely related. It’s perfectly reasonable to make a query; just don’t be querulous if you don’t like the answer you get. Querulous does share its origins with the word quarrel, which means “argument” -– and that’s what’s likely to happen if you complain too much. WORD FAMILYquerulous: querulously, querulousness USAGE EXAMPLESIn past years, he acknowledges, a few querulous baseball sorts asked pointedly if he risked tiring himself out with his charities. New York Times(Nov 28, 2016) Even by the standards of Hong Kong’s far more querulous politics, the scene was striking. Economist(Oct 12, 2016) Army-run Iraqi tribal reconciliation program with a record of successfully resolving disputes between Iraq’s querulous Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish factions. Washington Post(Aug 15, 2016) adj habitually complaining Syn fretful, whiney, whiny complaining, complaintive expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment |
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