➡ See also the entry for angerverb另見anger動詞詞條annoy ♦︎ frustrate ♦︎ irritate ♦︎ get on sb's nerves ♦︎ wind sb up ♦︎ bug ♦︎ displease ♦︎ exasperateThese words all mean to make sb slightly angry or impatient.這些詞均表示讓人不快或不耐煩。SYNONYM SCALE 詞義標尺下圖顯示這些詞所表達讓人不快的程度
displease
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annoy
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exasperate
bug
frustrate
irritate
get on sb's nerves
wind sb up
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆It annoys me / irritates me / gets on my nerves / bugs me that / when...◆What annoys me / frustrates me / irritates me / gets on my nerves / bugs me is the way / the fact that...◆to really annoy sb / irritate sb / get on sb's nerves / wind sb up / bug sb■annoy [transitive] to make sb slightly angry使氣惱;使不快◆His constant joking was beginning to annoy her.他總是開玩笑,這開始讓她受不了。◆It really annoys me when people don't say thank you.有人連“謝謝”也不說,我真的很反感。◆It annoys me to see him getting ahead of me.我看到他超過我,就心裏不痛快。 see also annoyance ⇨ frustration■frustrate frʌˈstreɪt; NAmEˈfrʌstreɪt [transitive] to make sb feel annoyed or impatient because they cannot do or achieve what they want使懊惱;使沮喪◆What frustrates him is that there's too little money to spend on the project.讓他懊惱的是能用在這個項目上的資金太少了。 see also frustration ⇨ frustration, frustrated ⇨ unhappy2■irritate [transitive] to annoy sb, especially by sth that you continuously do or by sth that continuously happens使煩惱(尤指因反複不斷地做某事或持續發生的事情)◆The way she puts on that accent really irritates me.她故意操那種口音的樣子實在令我惱火。◆She was irritated by his continued refusal to believe her.他一而再再而三地懷疑她,她很受不了。 see also irritable ⇨ irritable, irritation ⇨ frustration■get on sb's ˈnerves
idiom
(getting, got, got; NAmEspokengetting, got, gotten) (informal) to annoy sb使氣惱;使不快◆That music is getting on my nerves.那音樂讓我心煩。◆It didn't take long before we started getting on each other's nerves.沒過多久我們便開始受不了對方。 see also nerves ⇨ nervous■ˌwind sb ˈup
phrasal verb
(wound, wound) (BrE, informal) to deliberately say or do sth in order to annoy sb(故意)惹⋯不快;戲弄◆Calm down! Can't you see he's only winding you up?别激動!難道你看不出來他只是在逗你嗎?◆That can't be true! You're winding me up!那不會是真的!你在故意耍我吧!■bug(-gg-) [transitive] (informal) to slightly annoy or worry sb使煩惱;使擔憂◆What's the matter? Is there something bugging you?怎麽了?有什麽事煩你嗎?■displease [transitive] (formal) to make sb feel upset, annoyed or not satisfied使煩惱;使不悅;使不滿◆The tone of the letter displeased her.來信的語氣使她不快。OPPplease ⇨ please see also displeasure ⇨ frustration■exasperateɪgˈzæspəreɪt, BrE also ɪgˈzɑːspəreɪt [transitive] to annoy sb very much惹惱;激怒◆Her moods exasperated him.她的壞脾氣讓他很生氣。◆She was clearly exasperated by all my questions.她顯然對我問個沒完感到惱火。 see also exasperation ⇨ frustration