As an old curmudgeon who's seen too many fads and useless-or worse, harmful-practices that are blindly followed without fully understanding them, I have come to value.(作為一個壞脾氣老人，我見到過太多流行一時的和無用——或更嚴重，有害——的實踐，在沒完全理解他們之前就盲目實施，我不得不還原價值。)

The old curmudgeon found a new scapegoat and that let me out.(那個老守財奴找到一個新的替罪羊，這樣我就脫身了。)

"May seem like a rhetorical one, especially coming from the former" RUP Curmudgeon, "my nickname inside the Rational organization before I left to pursue an academic career."(這個問題看起來是一個反問句，尤其是出自于先前的一個“RUP怪老頭”的口中，這是我在離開Rational組織從事理論生涯之前的昵稱。)

The phrases most used to describe a man who was generous to a fault are "old curmudgeon", "wicked old man", and "wicked old wizard".(最常用來形容一個人對過失很大方的詞就是一個“倔老頭'''，''''邪惡老人”，和“邪惡精靈''''。”)

This was taught to me by my pipe-smoking guru, an insufferably grouchy old curmudgeon.(這是我的煙斗導師教給我的，他是一個不茍言笑，脾氣乖戾的老頭，但他卻的確懂得抽煙斗。)

Mainly, his essays struck a cord in viewers by pointing out life's unspoken truths or more often complaining about its subtle lies, earning him the "curmudgeon" status he wore like a uniform.(大體上來看，他的短評都是通過指出生活中潛在的事實，或者更多地抱怨生活中微妙的謊言，從而精確無誤地激起觀眾的共鳴，加上他身上穿的類似制服一般，這一切使得他獲得一種“乖戾妄為”的形象。)

Only a curmudgeon would deny the many benefits that our computers and electronic networks have brought us.(只有一個被我們稱為脾氣暴躁的老頭置疑了電腦、手機帶給我們的好處。)

His last industry job was with IBM Rational Software, where he was known as "the RUP Curmudgeon" and was also a member of the original Rational Suite team.(他最后一個工業界的工作是從事IBMRational軟件，在那里，他被稱作是“theRUPCurmudgeon”，他還是最初Rational套件團隊的一員。)

If you leave the theater without a smile on your face, then you're really a curmudgeon.(如果你是沒有一絲笑容地離開電影院，那你真的是愛鬧別扭了。)

The old curmudgeon was talking about the smothering effects of parental duty on creative lives.(那些壞脾氣的老人們喋喋不休于父母生兒育女之責任的妨礙性效應。)