adj.脾氣暴躁的；愛咬人的

"A whole nation of belligerent, snappish people?" asked Nikolai. “一個(gè)全國好戰(zhàn)的國家？急躁的人民？”尼可萊問。

Aggressive peoples who think they have a grievance, who think they're undervalued.Belligerent, snappish. 那些認(rèn)為自己有冤屈的人民更有侵略性，他們認(rèn)為自己被低估了，所以好戰(zhàn)而且急躁。”

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. 在被邀請去吃午飯時(shí)他們不表達(dá)感謝，或者發(fā)送不是請求而是命令語氣的粗暴的郵件。

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”. 蘭伯爾居于格洛斯特路上的公寓，生活困窘，懼內(nèi)不堪；對其妻希爾達(dá)，忠之，罵之。

Don't be so snappish. 不要那么急噪。