1. Indeed, whereas a young curmudgeon has no heart, an old idealist has no head. 的确，一个年轻的乖戾之人没有善心，一个年老的理想主义者没有头脑。
2. He was a brooding curmudgeon who thundered against industry, progress and the young science that sought to explain them. 他忧郁而脾气暴躁，怒斥工业、步以及试图对它们作出解释的科学。
3. Paul:How about to my editor, the old curmudgeon? Excuse me. He took me off the Anaconda story. I'm a reporter at The Bee. 保罗：为我的编辑干杯，那个守财奴。他扔掉我阿纳康达的故事。我是个湿袜子记者。
英英解释
n.
1. a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
网络释义
curmudgeon 坏脾气的;
乖戾的人;
存心不良的人;
难以取悦的人;
Although we may think him a curmudgeon 尽管大家都觉得他脾气暴躁;
