n.不和蔼；粗鲁；险恶的天气

A friend of mine went to buy a stamp at a post office where some of the clerks have a reputation for surliness. 我的朋友去邮局买张邮票，那儿有一个职员出名的粗暴无礼。

Some restaurants are famous for the surliness of their wait-ers and waitresses,using bad manners to attract masochistic munchers by the roomful. 有些餐馆以男女侍者的粗鲁而闻 名，他们的无礼吸引了一屋子受虐狂食客。

She's Rita (Andie MacDowell), Phil's long-suffering producer, who has had to put up with his tantrums, demands, surliness and general lack of couth. 她是丽塔，菲尔的节目制作人，她一直不得不容忍着他的暴躁、无理取闹、粗野举止以及毫无修养的言语。