curmudgeonly [kɜ:'mʌdʒənlɪ]

例句:

• He displayed a curmudgeonly unwillingness to accept the voters' verdict.
  他态度恶劣，显得很不情愿接受选举人的意见。
  
• Under Mr Obama nobody will dare to seem so curmudgeonly.
  在奥巴马时代,没有人敢表现得如此小气.
  
• I was expecting a rather old and curmudgeonly retired GP.
  来自BBC
• Now I sometimes consort with a curmudgeonly bunch of aging tax accountants.
  来自FORBES
• But with music of this sophistication it's hard to be curmudgeonly about choices.
  来自BBC