And there was, in fact, less success than advertised.They were too cantankerous to fly as often or as inexpensively as planned, so the hope of doing things more cheaply in space evaporated.(實際上航天飛機發射成功的次數要比宣傳中的少。操縱維修保養復雜，也不像計劃中的那么廉價，經常導致無法正常工作，使得在太空中做一些性價比更高的事情的希望消失了。)

Charlie said it was because of my cantankerous nature, especially when being started.(查理說，這是因為我的脾氣古怪的性質，尤其是在正在啟動。)

You grow old if you are irritable, crotchety, petulant, and cantankerous.(當你易怒、任性、想法怪異、剛愎自用時，你才會變老。)

If my shoemaker turn me out an excellent pair of boots, and I, in some mood of cantankerous unreason, throw them back upon his hands, the man has just cause of complaint.(假如我的鞋匠給我做出一雙極好的靴子，而我卻因為心情不好，缺乏理性，猛地把它們扔到他手上，那么他是有正當理由抱怨的。)

"DON't WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE RIGHTS?" he e-mailed back, blessedly cantankerous.(“我們難道就沒有權利擁有權利嗎？”他回了信，脾氣明顯很差。)

Cantankerous chap Roger always was.(羅杰始終是一個壞脾氣的家伙。)

Mrs Letouzel, you cantankerous old bag, what do you mean, by complaining about your money!(累托茲太太，你這個老潑婦，你為你的錢。)

In her old age Lucky became increasingly cantankerous, fighting with the other sheep and destroying the couple's flowerbeds.(上了年紀的Lucky脾氣越來越暴躁，常常和其他綿羊爭斗，踩壞Westgarth夫婦的花園。)

Will all this assuage the cantankerous markets?(做的所有的努力有可能緩和這個敏感的是市場嗎？)

You may not be an easy person to live with because of periodic outbursts of temper and sometimes cantankerous attitude.(你可能不是個容易相處的人，因為你周期性情緒的爆發及偶爾發作的脾氣暴躁。)