- [transitive] (North American English) (also rile British and North American English)roil somebody
to annoy somebody or make them angry 惹恼;激怒 - [intransitive, transitive] (literary)
(of a liquid, cloud, surface, etc.) to move quickly and violently in different directions; to make a liquid, cloud, surface, etc. move quickly and violently in different directions (使)动荡,翻腾;搅动 The waves roiled and crashed up against the side of the ship. 波浪翻滚着,撞在船的侧面。 The clouds roiled above in the dark sky. 乌云在夜空中翻滚。 - roil something
Winds often roil the sea here. 这里经常刮风。 - (figurative)
The collapse of the mortgage sector has roiled markets. 按揭贷款业崩溃搅乱了市场。 The minister was accused of roiling the political waters. 部长被指控搅乱政治局势。