petulance ['petjʊləns]

例句:

• But let it be through something nobler than petulance.
  来自THETIMES
• Control yourself , sir. These outbursts of petulance are not seemly.
  您哪, 就克制点吧. 这么使性子可不像话.
  
• His petulance made her impatient.
  他的任性让她无法忍受。
  
• He tore up the manuscript in a fit of petulance.
  他一怒之下把手稿撕碎了.
  
• Far more worrying than any display of petulance was Broad's bowling, which, Flower agreed, looked down on pace and innocuous.
  来自THETIMES
• Many disliked his petulance as a youngster, too, and did not reassess their view when he began to exert more self-control.
  来自THETIMES