英语词汇“restive”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

To be restive is to be impatient or on edge — it's an edgy state. When you feel like your skin is too tight and your nerves are ready to snap, when you feel ready to explode, you are restive.

It's not only people who can be restive: the world suffers from much turmoil, and there are restive areas, where people are unhappy or oppressed and desperate for change. It's that need for change and movement that makes someone restive or eager to move, frustrated at being stuck in one place. This sense of being stuck is obvious in the history of the word, which was first used in the 15th century. It evolved from the Anglo-French adjective restif, which meant "refusing to move ahead." Picture a restive horse, refusing to take a jump.

WORD FAMILY

restive: restively, restiveness

USAGE EXAMPLES

The government said the incident, filmed by a police officer, happened in restive Rakhine state in November.

BBC(Jan 02, 2017)

The DRC’s restive east remains a battleground for rival ethnic militias, with a recent upsurge of violence there a concern to many experts.

The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016)

Most of the detainees are from the restive Oromia and Amhara regions.

Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016)

1adj being in a tense state

Syn

edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, uptight
tense

in or of a state of physical or nervous tension

2adj impatient especially under restriction or delay

the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive

Syn

impatient

restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition

单词	restive
释义	restive (once / 2933 pages) adj To be restive is to be impatient or on edge — it's an edgy state. When you feel like your skin is too tight and your nerves are ready to snap, when you feel ready to explode, you are restive. It's not only people who can be restive: the world suffers from much turmoil, and there are restive areas, where people are unhappy or oppressed and desperate for change. It's that need for change and movement that makes someone restive or eager to move, frustrated at being stuck in one place. This sense of being stuck is obvious in the history of the word, which was first used in the 15th century. It evolved from the Anglo-French adjective restif, which meant "refusing to move ahead." Picture a restive horse, refusing to take a jump. WORD FAMILY restive: restively, restiveness USAGE EXAMPLES The government said the incident, filmed by a police officer, happened in restive Rakhine state in November. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) The DRC’s restive east remains a battleground for rival ethnic militias, with a recent upsurge of violence there a concern to many experts. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) Most of the detainees are from the restive Oromia and Amhara regions. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) 1adj being in a tense state Syn edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, uptight tense in or of a state of physical or nervous tension 2adj impatient especially under restriction or delay the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive Syn impatient restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
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