他是一位脾气乖戾的老先生.He was a bilious old gentleman.那个性情乖戾的人对什么事都要找岔.The grumpy man found fault with everything.德克粗鲁乖戾的外表之下隐藏着一种热情、慷慨的性格.Dirk's surly exterior concealed a warm and generous nature....

“乖戾的”的英语可以翻译为：disagreeable，perverse，surly，crabbed，cross ...