1. Its rise will be far more nettlesome than that of his own country a century ago. 中国的崛起，远比一百年前美国的崛起令人激恼。
2. an incorrigibly fractious young man; not the least nettlesome of his countrymen. 脾气坏得不可救药的年轻人；在他的同胞中决不是脾气最好的。
3. Many mathematicians simply set nettlesome questions like these aside and get back to the more pleasant business of proving theorems. 许多数学家只是把这些恼人的问题简单地弃置一旁，而忙于类似定理证明这样更有趣的事务。
英英解释
adj.
1. causing irritation or annoyance
2. easily irritated or annoyed
