"A whole nation of belligerent, snappish people?" asked Nikolai. “一个全国好战的国家？急躁的人民？”尼可莱问。
Aggressive peoples who think they have a grievance, who think they're undervalued.Belligerent, snappish. 那些认为自己有冤屈的人民更有侵略性，他们认为自己被低估了，所以好战而且急躁。”
She wouldn't hear of it, denied that she was putting Louis in any greater danger than he already faced, turned decidedly snappish, and went off to bed. 这话她不肯听，她不承认她正在使路易斯陷入比他已经面临到的更大的危险，后来她变得十分急躁，于是走去睡了。
They might not send a thank-you after being treated to lunch, or they might send a snappish email that is more of a demand than a request. 在被邀请去吃午饭时他们不表达感谢，或者发送不是请求而是命令语气的粗暴的邮件。
Home for Rumpole was a mansion flat off Gloucester Road, where he lived in a state of miserable, snappish fidelity to Hilda, “She Who Must be Obeyed”. 兰伯尔居于格洛斯特路上的公寓，生活困窘，惧内不堪；对其妻希尔达，忠之，骂之。
