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 今天我们要学的词是 restive¹.

 

restive 的意思是动荡的。 A day after India scrapped² the seven-decade old special status given to Kashmir, a communications blackout continued in the restive region. 在印度取消了70年之久的克什米尔特殊地位后的第二天，这个动荡不安的地区的通信仍然阻断。

 

1 restive   

adj.不安宁的，不安静的

参考例句：

• The government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive.政府未采取任何措施放松出口限制,因此国内制造商变得焦虑不安。
• The audience grew restive.观众变得不耐烦了。

2 scrapped   

废弃(scrap的过去式与过去分词)； 打架

参考例句：

• This machine is so old that it will soon have to be scrapped. 这架机器太旧，快报废了。
• It had been thought that passport controls would be scrapped. 人们曾认为会放开护照管制。