After the twelve-hour flight delay, several passengers grew peevish with the gate agents.

航班延誤十二小時後,好幾位乘客開始對登機門的地勤人員發脾氣。

Our manager gets a little peevish when meeting agendas are not sent out in advance.

如果會議議程沒有事先寄出,我們經理就會有點不耐煩、容易動怒。

The customer sounded peevish on the phone because his refund still had not arrived.

那位顧客在電話中語氣很不耐煩,因為他的退款到現在還沒入帳。