She was plain, spiteful, and surly . 她相貌平常，为人刁恶，性情乖戾。
2.
He was short, gruff and fiery . 他身材矮小，性情乖戾暴躁。
3.
Robert leaned back in his chair quiet and almost surly . 罗伯特往椅背一靠，闷声不响，几近乖戾。
4.
Between sour and elderly people friendship arises less readily . 在性格乖戾之人或老年人之间很难产生友谊。
5.
Jeanie followed her consequential and surly, but not brutal, conductor towards the rectory . 珍妮跟着这个趾高气扬、有点乖戾，但不算粗野的带路人向教区住宅走去。
6.
He had missed his daughter sorely, and was deeply sorry that he had married such a spiteful and cross-grained queen . 他十分想念女儿，很后悔娶了这个恶毒乖戾的王后。
7.
He had to run the country, too, and wrestle with a fractious congress at every point to get things done . 他还得治理这个国家，凡事都要和乖戾固执的国会斗争一番才能办成。
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Those who live perforce in a very small, and generally very inferior society may well be illiberal and cross . 那些不得不在一种很狭小的也往往是很下流的社会过活的人，很可能是吝啬的乖戾的。
9.
He was a model of a gaoler: surly, and dumb, and deaf to every attempt at moving his sense of justice or compassion . 他是一个狱卒的典型：乖戾，不吭一声，对于打动他的正义感或同情的各种企图完全装聋。
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There was little enough in him to brighten her face, for he was a sullen young fellow, and ungracious in his manner even to her . 他这个人，照说没有什么可取的地方足以使她笑逐颜开的，因为他是个乖戾的青年人，即使对她也没有什么礼貌之可言。
