1. Be gentle in old age; peevishness is worse in second childhood than in first. 老来是要和蔼；第二幼年期乖戾暴躁，更有甚于第一期。
2. In the actual situation, however, the minute he rebuffed me I had another attack of peevishness. 可是到了这里之后，只要他一拒绝我，我马上又会感到恼火。
3. I thought I even detected a note of sadness in his tone. We were quiet for a long time. My peevishness had vanished. I thought of my father. 我甚至察觉出他的语气中有一丝悲哀。我们静默了很久，我的恼怒已经消失，我正在想我的父亲。
英英解释
n.
1. an irritable petulant feeling
2. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
