His surly face darkened as he surveyed Harry.

他上下打量着哈利，不可一世的脸上露出阴沉的表情。

The early euphoria could rapidly fizzle into surly disappointment.

过早的兴奋可能会迅速地演变为失望。

" It was a nightmare, " said Ron in a surly voice.

“一场噩梦。”罗恩粗声说。

He says that they are, " meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous, and surly."

他说他们“爱管闲事、忘恩负义、傲慢、不诚实、嫉妒、粗暴”。

They could hear people complaining; one surly voice said, 'I can't see no gas.'

他们听到人们在抱怨，有个不友善的声音说：“我看不到有毒气。”

Would you say that your poor dental hygiene contributes to your surly nature?

你觉得你们糟糕的口腔卫生是因为你们天生的坏脾气引起的么？

I don't know what surly, means, but I'm gonna pretend it means radical.

我不知道你说的“坏脾气”是什么意思，但是我就把他假装当做“激进”来理解吧。

The rich man was ill-natured, and when he heard his brother's request he looked very surly.

那个富人生性恶毒，当他听说了他兄弟的请求时，他看起来异常粗暴。

I think Deja's lovely, adorable. - Yeah. You know, in, like, a surly, nonverbal kind of way.

我觉得她很漂亮，很可爱。- 是的。就是脾气有点坏、不说话的可爱。

In Melville's short story " Bartleby, the Scrivener" , this column's namesake, a surly employee, preferred not to work.

在梅尔维尔的短篇小说《抄写员巴托比》中，坏脾气的雇员巴托比（与本专栏同名）不愿意工作。