short-tempered

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I’m sorry to be so short-tempered but I have an awful headache.
我很抱歉脾氣這么壞，但是我頭疼得要命。
We are all equipped to deal with a certain level of stress, but at a certain point our bodies throw up the white flag and we're left feeling exhausted and short-tempered.
雖然我們都準(zhǔn)備好了要去處理一定水平的壓力，但一定程度上說(shuō)，我們的肉體會(huì)透支，投降，我們?nèi)詴?huì)感到精疲力盡并脾氣暴躁。
At school I was short-tempered with exhaustion and would bang my fists on my desk and kick walls.
在學(xué)校念書(shū)的時(shí)候，我因?yàn)槠v不堪而變得脾氣暴躁，會(huì)無(wú)端用拳頭敲打桌子，或者用腳去踢墻壁。

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