| 单词 | prickliness |
| 例句 | To find employers who will put up with the prickliness of newcomers from the North, the Ministry of Unification pays companies up to eighteen hundred dollars a year if they risk hiring a defector. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z And then, despite his initial prickliness, the young man warmed to the old-timer, and the two engaged in a long conversation. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t look at him when she said this, but Glerk could feel a cold prickliness emanating from the Witch’s shoulder, and it nearly broke his heart. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The prickliness of the machine’s behavior did not help anyone’s mood. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When a onetime private detective sits down to question a former spy and confessed performance artist, you might expect some verbal fisticuffs, a bit of bobbing and weaving or defensive prickliness. ‘The Pigeon Tunnel’ Review: Thinker, Player, Searcher, Spy 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z State dinners with our oldest ally have always featured sweet bonhomie dolloped with prickliness. At state dinner, Biden and Macron stand ‘shoulder to shoulder’ 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z In its prickliness and insistence on the messiness and ineluctable pain of life, this is very different from the pandering, gold-grubbing titles that tend to hit theaters starting around now. Around the Movie World in 17 Days at the New York Film Festival 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z With his long history of prickliness and pugnacity, Penn has never been a beloved celebrity. T Magazine: The Accidental Activist 2011-03-25T19:21:15Z Ali's prickliness drives the two young women apart, but they broker an uneasy peace when they weigh a tough question: Should they tell Pat about Alan's infidelity? ‘Landline’ Is a Message From the Lost World of 1990s 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Some of that is warranted; the hype leading up to this new season included so many teasers about the increasing prickliness between Jon Snow and Sansa Stark that seeing them bicker was hardly surprising. Now, where were we? “Game of Thrones” returns with an hour that resets the board 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z By contrast, Nehru’s reflexively anti-American defense minister, Krishna Menon, seemed to make it his mission to alienate American leaders with his hectoring, arrogance and prickliness. India and the United States: Two Countries That Can’t Live With Each Other or Without Each Other 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z As well as the prickliness, you have a great ability to show tenderness in your work, I say. Charlotte Rampling: ‘I am prickly. People who are prickly can’t be hurt any more’ 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z Then again, lest we forget, she’s only 14 and that her prickliness may be adolescence rather than the damaging effect of removal from society. A 14-Year-Old Girl Sailed Around the World — And She Brought a Camera 2014-01-16T20:27:20Z For all her prickliness, Elle, who speaks fluent English, French and Italian, may be at home in the world of ideas but she is also a woman of deep feeling. | 'Certified Copy': On the Road, Packing Querulous Erudition 2011-03-11T01:14:48Z Bennett, I suspect, is a bit of a hedgehog, with a hint of the prickliness that implies. Alan Bennett: a quiet radical 2012-10-12T09:38:00Z The character who comes closest to being overtly racist is Edith, which seems very Season 1 of her, but her prickliness does have another reason, which is… Downton Abbey Recap: No Surprises 2014-02-03T03:01:28Z Some of that prickliness may have reflected an early life that was far from feather-bedded. Robin Gibb, Bee Gees Co-Founder, Dies at 62 2012-05-20T23:31:02Z This newfound prickliness could have altered the 2017 London production’s impact. Defacing ‘Art’: After 20 Years, the Hit Play Gets a Brash Coat of Paint 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z The cynical prickliness of the material — along with Rob’s incessant fourth-wall narration, describing her woe-is-me mismanagement of her own feelings — is too easily recognizable as a forgery. Review | Sampling too much from the past, Hulu’s ‘High Fidelity’ remix fails to find its own groove 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Suzu is a poignant, sympathetic figure but there’s a welcome edge to her, a bit of stubborn prickliness that’s expressed through the animation, the character’s churning emotions and Nakamura’s sensitive, expansive vocal performance. ‘Belle’ Review: Soaring and Singing Over the Online Rainbow 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z As mismatched as their acting may be, the performers shine here with enjoyably competitive prickliness. Theater Review: ‘Ivanov,’ With Ethan Hawke, From Classic Stage Company 2012-11-12T03:00:00Z Timeless, otherworldly and a little bit menacing, the work here exhibits the haziness of a dream and the prickliness of an encroaching nightmare. Revisiting an Artist’s Provocative Photographs 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Their mutual prickliness is a sign of long intimacy, as if they were two cut-to-match pieces of sandpaper. Review: ‘Private Life,’ a Piquant Look at a Couple’s Campaign to Conceive 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Yet for all his loyalty to classical forms and tonal harmonies, the same prickliness injects a certain asperity into even his most lyrical moments. Music Review: Escher String Quartet Plays Britten at Lincoln Center 2012-10-28T21:26:29Z Perhaps the prickliness around the question of violence comes from what the show is trying to evolve into. Cillian Murphy: ‘I think James Bond should be a woman, which rules me out’ 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z For someone who wears his neurosis and even prickliness proudly, “fun” still seems a word to live by. Free to Be... Isaac Mizrahi 2013-08-28T22:35:16Z Most of the best material centres around Batman's pathological loner status, which Traveller's Tales elevates to hilarious levels of prickliness. Lego Batman 2: DC Heroes – review 2012-06-19T07:25:00Z Poirier suggests that Norman Mailer’s prickliness was learned from the French. Eavesdropping on Beauvoir, Sartre and Their Circle of Friends 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Her own mother has rejected her; her father is a despicable drunk; and her carefree classmates don’t understand her prickliness and flashes of temper. ‘Han Gong-ju,’ a Drama About Sexual Violence in South Korea 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z The action reveals that Naomi’s prickliness derives partly from having to work harder for the rewards that boys like Melvin take for granted. ‘Cat Kid Comic Club’ Review: Tiny Frogs, Big Imaginations 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z The characters’ prickliness and distaste for pointless social rituals feel apt for our justly embittered present day, and many episodes still feel perfectly current — except for one thing. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Because of her experiences, and a natural prickliness, she trusted very few people. Why Is Bronislava Nijinska Still Waiting in the Wings? 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z The ensemble embodies the affection as well as the prickliness of friends who may not have seen each other in a while, but know each other well and may still harbor a resentment or two. ‘The Blackening’ Review: Race Against a Killer 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z All three performers, and characters, are funny to their bones, but all three have a certain alienation effect, due to their un-sitcommy prickliness as well as the very specific nature of their lives. How Low-Key Comedies Are Owning Fall TV 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z I would do the same, and together we’d sit on the floor and I would run my hand over both heads, marvel at the prickliness of us both. A love letter to Weird Barbie 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z And Pailhas plays the supportive sister with just enough prickliness to suggest all the complexity within that fondness. Review: 'Everything Went Fine' reveals the love required to grant the ultimate final wish 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z "There's such like a prickliness to it sometimes," she says about when she explains she's not drinking, but alcohol free alternatives help her feel like she's not missing out. Cost of living: The young people saving money by going sober 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z She lets me come by to cut branches for wreaths and swags, so I get the seasonal benefit without the mess, girth and prickliness such a dense plant brings to the garden. These jolly hollies take any shape you like and brighten winter days 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z The arrest — and what appeared to be an orchestrated wave of outrage online — reflected the Communist Party’s prickliness about any efforts to challenge its version of history. Chinese Journalist Detained After Criticizing Government-Sponsored Blockbuster 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z His tendency to hide his feelings meant that even those who knew him well were occasionally taken aback by his bouts of prickliness - presumed to be legacies of his unsettled early life. Prince Philip: A turbulent childhood stalked by exile, mental illness and death 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z President Joe Biden and aides are showing touches of prickliness over growing scrutiny of the new president’s heavy reliance on executive orders in his first days in office. Biden faces scrutiny over reliance on executive orders 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z President Joe Biden and aides showed touches of prickliness Thursday over growing scrutiny of the new president’s heavy reliance on executive orders in his first days in office. Biden faces scrutiny over reliance on executive orders 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z He’s encouraged his brother’s boldness; he has also encouraged the governor’s prickliness about media coverage, a shared “Cuomo gene,” one friend said. Americans Don’t Trust the Media Anymore. So Why Do They Trust the Cuomos? 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z Daniel Heath Justice, a Cherokee professor of indigenous studies at the University of British Columbia, points out that the row isn’t the result of oversensitivity or prickliness. Why we need to pause before claiming cultural appropriation | Ash Sarkar 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Her flinty American prickliness finds both a loving embrace and a gentle foil in Claflin’s soft eyes and mellow, British-accented charm. Shailene Woodley's performance powers the evasive shipwreck-survival drama 'Adrift' 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z As much as the wild humour of a writer given to memorable comic effusions, this prickliness was typical. ‘I did the best I could with what I had…’: writers on the Philip Roth they knew 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z It felt as though they were shaped more by his ego, a prickliness that any manager ought to be put on a pedestal, rather than any antipathy towards Guardiola. Wenger accepts underdog status but denies Guardiola has raised the bar | David Hytner 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Argo was not acquired by Ford, stressed Salesky, the only time he exhibits even a smidge of prickliness in a long and winding interview. An inside look at Ford’s $1 billion bet on Argo AI 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z But under a president so uniquely impulsive and chronically irrational, a certain vigilance, even prickliness, on the part of the military is to be welcomed. Opinion | The guardrails hold 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Hannah Beech in the New Yorker likens North Korea’s prickliness to a hedgehog’s evolutionary strategy of showing its spines to protect its pink underbelly. Why North Korea is testing so many missiles 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z The prickliness of North Korea’s messaging also can be read as an evolutionary strategy, akin to a hedgehog showing its spines to protect its pink underbelly. North Korea’s Consistently Apocalyptic Propagandists 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z It was because, at the end of the day, you knew James Earle Breslin, bluster and prickliness aside, was capable of doing something magical with the story, something that no one else could. Postscript: Jimmy Breslin, 1928-2017 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z “Beyond that,” Mr. Zelikow said, “there is an ambient prickliness. We could end up picking fights with three-quarters of the world.” Trump Suggests Berlin Attack Affirms His Plan to Bar Muslims 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Some fans might be amused by that kind of prickliness if the Bruins were ranked in the Top 5 nationally. Jim Mora's flip response to Josh Rosen's injury shows a UCLA football program adrift 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z When she talks about Ikhyd I understand that her battle over the visa amounts to more than just a rebel’s habitual prickliness at being told no. MIA: Is the musician paranoid, or is everyone out to get her? 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z If Arena was unpopular with the neutral before, he only served to underline that prickliness with such comments. Welcome to September, when MLS really starts to hot up 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z His prickliness on the day he pitches is legendary. Dodgers ace Kershaw merges pitching and parenting 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z On the campaign trail, Kasich was notoriously unscripted — a complicated blend of quirky analogies, bursts of prickliness, and unvarnished emotion. For John Kasich, a difficult choice at the end of the road 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z But I can’t help but think that this peculiar prickliness about spoilers is irrational and old-fashioned. Calm down, Game of Thrones fans, spoilers aren’t the end of the world | Gareth McLean 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Kasich has a reputation for prickliness, yet he seems the happiest warrior on the 2016 campaign trail, with a message that is distinctly populist and bipartisan. Can John Kasich excel in the year of the angry candidate? 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z The crowd made up for its prickliness with a rendition of "Happy Birthday" for Mickelson celebrating his 45th on Tuesday, but there's clearly a mixed message of confidence and frustration. Phil Mickelson faces mix of confidence and frustration at U.S. Open 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Scalia reacted with untoward prickliness, saying he would not “run down … the Vicar of Christ.” Antonin Scalia is unfit to serve: A justice who rejects science and the law for religion is of unsound mind 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z The episode served to crystallize some of the key concerns about Bush — his reluctance to criticize or distance himself from the unpopular policies of George W. Bush, and his tendency toward prickliness if pushed. How Jeb Bush’s campaign ran off course before it even began 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Paul’s prickliness, when intentional, has become part of his political brand. Handed the Spotlight, Rand Paul Gets Testy on TV 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Among them: her relentless shrieking during rallies; her combative and once much more tempestuous demeanor on court, and her occasional prickliness and defensiveness in interviews. Victoria Azarenka Aims to Return to Tennis’s Ruling Class 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z Correspondents say that the son of Italian immigrants and avid baseball fan was an unusually deep-thinking politician whose eloquence was often matched by his prickliness. Former NY Governor Mario Cuomo dies 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z The Scots’ prickliness is understandable, and an untethered Scotland would satisfy the romantic yearnings of nationalism—Braveheart without the gore. Can an Independent Scotland, Free of London's Dominance, Survive? 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z But advertising is a risky strategy for a site like Reddit, where users are notorious for their prickliness. Investors Think Reddit is Worth $500 Million In a long article, The Saturday Evening Post dissected Brosnan’s personality, going into detail about his prickliness and self-absorption as a young player and his history in analysis. Jim Brosnan, a Reliever Who Brought New Perspective to Baseball Writing, Dies at 84 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z Was it a reflection of underlying prickliness by someone with strong feelings about the news media? It may be too difficult for Hillary Clinton to reinvent herself A big private-equity investor in Africa says that as a well-off country with a big, urbanised population it would get a lot more start-ups but for the government’s prickliness towards outsiders. Telecoms in Algeria: A lost generation 2013-10-24T15:01:56Z A certain political prickliness was the order of the day. Political Tensions Dominate Davos 2013-01-27T09:45:00Z Keane's patriotism is so intense that any questions which relate to anything other than Ireland such as, whisper it, the Premier League, lead to frowns and prickliness. Trapattoni banks on Robbie Keane for Ireland against Spain 2012-06-13T21:11:02Z The game was played at a frenetic pace and with a healthy measure of prickliness from both sides, particularly in the early going. United States 3, El Salvador 3: U.S. Ties El Salvador, Ending Olympic Hopes 2012-03-27T03:42:41Z A ban in 1959 on Alexander Campbell’s “Heart of India” was an early indicator of a very Indian prickliness about “outsider” histories that show the country in a bad light. India Ink: In India, Free Speech With Limits 2011-12-12T03:55:11Z “The airplane environment is one where people have higher anxiety levels, and prickliness is heightened,” she said. On YouTube, a Debate Over the Right to Fly (With Your Pants Down) 2011-10-11T00:42:12Z Any prickliness in this latest instalment of the rivalry arises from the fact that each side was trying to steel itself for a formidable test. Chelsea 0-1 Manchester United 2011-04-06T20:47:51Z Summers, 55, is renowned as much for his prickliness as for his sharp mind. Larry Summers: Obama's finance guru resigns 2010-09-22T05:43:00Z The story is briefly retold here in an introductory chapter entitled Blood Sport, in which the same mix of pride and prickliness, vulnerability and swagger evident in the memoir is once more on display. Chess swindles and lucky escapes 2010-09-21T06:59:00Z Haney, who would give a porcupine colony a run for its prickliness, has been on the attack all week. Woods faces long spell of hard labour 2010-05-08T16:08:00Z One additional problem Mr. Piñera might want to keep in mind is the prickliness that Latin American countries show about anything that might be seen as questioning their sovereignty or competence. After the Earthquake, a Military Chile Can Love Again 2010-03-14T03:50:00Z At last she got to her feet, and made her way across the heather, ignoring the small beaten tracks despite the prickliness of her chosen route. Antony Gray,—Gardener There were decorations of palm-branches, and instead of holly cactus, which represented it well for prickliness. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War Different plants vary greatly in the colour of their blossoms, and the prickliness of their stalks; the prickles are seldom found on the young shoots. The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 3 Or, Flower-Garden Displayed The heat of it smote into prickliness the uncovered skin, and in spite of all that Winston could do, the beasts recoiled upon the machine behind them. Winston of the Prairie Then she went into the parlour and dropped into a horsehair armchair, and leaning her head against its prickliness she sighed a doleful sigh. The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight Moreover I was, with all a young man's prickliness, quite determined that I would not be treated as I was told Cromer was apt to treat people. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography But the traveller, reduced to a sweltering prickliness by his exertions, wasn't "noticing much at present," as he rubbed his back in his misery against the saddle of the horse he was unpacking. We of the Never-Never What others—particularly some American hackers—viewed as prickliness, Pad saw as the perfect sense of humour. Underground |
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