英汉词典

1.This was taught to me by my pipe-smoking guru, an insufferably grouchy old curmudgeon.

这是我的烟斗导师教给我的，他是一个不苟言笑，脾气乖戾的老头，但他却的确懂得抽烟斗。

2.The old curmudgeon was talking about the smothering effects of parental duty on creative lives.

那些坏脾气的老人们喋喋不休于父母生儿育女之责任的妨碍性效应。

3.As an old curmudgeon who's seen too many fads and useless-or worse, harmful-practices that are blindly followed without fully understanding them, I have come to value.

作为一个坏脾气老人，我见到过太多流行一时的和无用——或更严重，有害——的实践，在没完全理解他们之前就盲目实施，我不得不还原价值。

4.The old curmudgeon found a new scapegoat and that let me out.

那个老守财奴找到一个新的替罪羊，这样我就脱身了。

5.The phrases most used to describe a man who was generous to a fault are "old curmudgeon", "wicked old man", and "wicked old wizard".

最常用来形容一个人对过失很大方的词就是一个“倔老头' ' '，' ' ' '邪恶老人”，和“邪恶精灵' ' ' '。”

6.Only a curmudgeon would deny the many benefits that our computers and electronic networks have brought us.

只有一个被我们称为脾气暴躁的老头置疑了电脑、手机带给我们的好处。