My sister's crankiness did not dampen my enthusiasm.

我姐姐的暴脾气没有浇灭我的热情。

At the same time, that crankiness, judiciously deployed, can be adaptive, its polar opposite- cheerfulness and optimism-may be less so.

然而，发挥得当的话，那种谨慎的态度也有利于适应老年生活，而其另一面 - 快乐和乐观 - 或许就不那么有利了。

That said, you will hate yourself if you walk away right now, and then I'll bear the brunt of your crankiness for weeks.

虽然如此，如果你现在退出，你会恨自己，然后接下来几周我只能任你发泄负面情绪。

You know, now, I realize that you've only known each other for less than a day, but is it possible this crankiness is because your cycles have synced?

我明白你们俩才刚刚认识不到一天，但你们如此暴躁，是否有可能是因为你俩月经周期刚好同步了呢？

His physical ideas are on the verge between originality and crankiness but are plausible enough to have attracted interest among just a few more orthodox physicists.

他的物理思想介于独创性和古怪之间，但却足够合理，足以引起少数正统物理学家的兴趣。