Brian sighed peevishly.

布赖恩气恼地叹了口气。

She had grown ever more peevishly dependent on him.

她脾气变得更坏，对他的依赖更重了。

Paul looked through his green glasses peevishly when the other speaker brought down the house with applause.

当另一个演说者赢得了满座喝彩声时，保罗心里又嫉妒又气恼。

If you talk so, I won't tell you any more, 'she returned peevishly, rising to her feet.' I accepted him, Nelly.

“要是你这么说，我就不再告诉你更多的了，”她抱怨地回答，站起来了。“我接受了，耐莉。”

"I've been sick, I told you," he said, peevishly, almost resenting her excessive pity. It came hard to him to receive it from such a source.

“我生了一场病，我告诉过你了，”他没好气地说，对她的过分怜悯几乎产生了怨恨。从这样一个人那里得到怜悯，使他难受万分。

Yesterday, the family who left us the inside of the not far cabin here acted peevishly and afterwards the things of inside was all thrown to come out.

昨天，离我们这里不远的小屋里的家人闹别扭了，后来里边的东西都被扔了出来。

At times like that the instinctive reaction is to childishly and peevishly cast around in search of somebody else to blame, but the real truth is self-evident and undeniable.

在这种时候，本能的反应是像小孩子一样找一个人来出气，但是事实不争自明，不可否认。

The morning was fresh and cool; I threw back the lattice, and presently the room filled with sweet scents from the garden; but Catherine called peevishly to me, 'Ellen, shut the window.

早上的空气是新鲜凉快的，我把窗户拉开，屋里立刻充满了从花园里来的甜甜的香气。