touchy

英 [ˈtʌtʃi]

美 [ˈtʌtʃi]

adj.  易烦恼; 易生气; 易怒; 敏感性的; 需要小心处理的; 棘手的

比较级：touchier　

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BNC.19964 / COCA.16171

牛津词典

adj.

• 易烦恼；易生气；易怒
  easily upset or offended
  1. He's a little touchy about his weight.
     他对自己的体重感到有点儿苦恼。
• 敏感性的；需要小心处理的；棘手的
  that may upset or offend people and should therefore be dealt with carefully

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 易怒的;过于敏感的;暴躁的
  If you describe someone astouchy, you mean that they are easily upset, offended, or irritated.
  1. She is very touchy about her past...
     她对自己的过去非常敏感。
  2. Don't be so touchy.
     别这么小心眼。
• ADJ-GRADED 棘手的;难办的;需谨慎处理的
  If you say that something is atouchysubject, you mean that it is a subject that needs to be dealt with carefully and in a sensitive way, because it might upset or offend people.
  1. ...the touchy question of political reform.
     政治改革这一棘手问题

英英释义

adj

• difficult to handle
  1. delicate negotiations with the big powers
  2. a touchy subject
  Synonym:delicateticklish
• quick to take offense
  Synonym:huffythin-skinnedfeisty

双语例句

• You are a bit too touchy to get angry about such a small thing.
  你也太小心眼儿了，为这点儿事还生气。
• The Spanish and Greeks take plenty of holidays yet bosses there are increasingly touchy too.
  西班牙人和希腊人的休假天数很多，但那里的老板们也变得越来越暴躁易怒。
• I do not see why you are so touchy.
  我不明白你为什么这么敏感。
• Are you always so touchy about your work?
  你对工作总是这么爱发火吗？
• Don't be touchy; I'm speaking in general terms only.
  你别多心，我只是就一般而论。
• Politics was always a touchy subject with whose people.
  对于那些人来说，政治一直是个敏感的话题。
• Chinese investment in Australian real estate has become a touchy subject.
  中国对澳大利亚房地产的投资已成为一个敏感话题。
• She is so touchy about everything! I just can not take all her twisted old maid notion.
  她对什么事情都容易生气！我就是无法忍受她那偏执的老处女脾气。
• Frank's just touchy about his name.
  弗兰克只是对他的名字过于敏感。
• He's a little touchy about his weight.
  他对自己的体重感到有点儿苦恼。