peevishly

基本解释

"The cetaceans are on the whole the most peculiar and aberrant of mammals, " he remarked peevishly.
总而言之，鲸类是最奇特和最反常的哺乳动物。
“You can consult with whomever you want, including the prime minister, but as long as I am president, I make these decisions, ” replied Mr Medvedev, peevishly.
梅德韦杰夫愤怒地回应：“你想跟谁商议就跟谁商议，包括总理在内，但只要我还是总统，我就能最终拍板。”
At times like that the instinctive reaction is to childishly and peevishly cast around in search of somebody else to blame, but the real truth is self-evident and undeniable.
在这种时候，本能的反应是像小孩子一样找一个人来出气，但是事实不争自明，不可否认。

In last week's History Today magazine (itself a prime example of the genre: it shifts 29, 000 copies monthly) academics sounded off peevishly about televised history.
ECONOMIST: Dumbed-down Britain? You would be stupid to believe it