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单词 resentment
释义
resentment
noun[CorU]
uk
/rɪˈzent.mənt/us
/rɪˈzent.mənt/
C2
afeelingofangerbecause you have beenforcedtoacceptsomething that you do not like:
Heharboursadeepresentment against hisparentsfor hismiserablechildhood.
Thisdecisionhascausedresentment among someteachers.
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Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
anger
  • angerHe vented his anger by kicking the door.
  • annoyanceSmoke can cause annoyance by making clothes and hair smell unpleasant.
  • irritationShe expressed irritation with her son's attitude.
  • frustrationA lot of children's behaviour problems are caused by sheer frustration.
  • furyThe speech provoked fury in some parts of the world.
  • rageHe was filled with jealous rage when he saw his girlfriend talking to another man.
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More examples
  • There is alsosimmeringresentment over theprivatefunding.
  • Theproposalhascauseddeepresentment.
  • Someresidentsexpressedresentment of theintensepolicepresence.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Anger and displeasure
  • acrimony
  • anger
  • animus
  • annoyance
  • bad feeling
  • flap
  • fuss
  • get the humpidiom
  • gorge
  • grit
  • grityourteethidiom
  • grudge
  • hard feelingsidiom
  • irritation
  • rancour
  • red mist
  • reprehension
  • resentfulness
  • road rage
  • slow burn
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(Definition ofresentmentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofresentment

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Evidently, the events across the border were reviving dormant resentments throughout the western frontier lands.
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Feelings of anger about food being rejected andresentmentabout having to prepare food were voiced.
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This alienation process naturally may lead to frustration andresentment.
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Resentmentand marginalization, reinforced by a heightened belief in his own self, gave rise to a sense of difference, alienation, and rediscovered identity.
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In doing so, petitioners usually blamed intermediaries rather than directly expressingresentmentagainst the regime's principles or highest cadres.
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But his system will manifest anger andresentmentrather than anxiety and embarrassment.
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This had the result of deepening resentments and adding personality and demarcation conflicts to disagreements on the policy.
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Heavy-handed tactics such as these, not to mention the palls of diesel exhaust normally hanging over those same roads, have provoked considerable publicresentment.
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Conversely, in the pharmacies where staff did not see the bene t of this money, there was some evidence ofresentment.
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Sometimes, the temptation is simply to avoid the aggro and stay silent, nurturing a privateresentment.
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These officially sanctioned precedents served the guilds' own exclusionary goals by precluding possible popularresentment.
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Later in the diary, as hisresentmenttoward the empire grows, he no longer refers to his fellow soldiers in such a sympathetic way.
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As colonial officials instituted an increasingly restrictive program of wildlife management at the turn of the century, they repeatedly encountered popularresentmentand resistance.
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This state of things in the field, as well as its assessment by scholars, sometimes evokes critique andresentment.
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Multiple regression analyses were used to explore factors predicting life satisfaction, overload and carerresentment.
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Collocationswithresentment

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bitter resentment
I can foresee bitter resentment being felt, and expressed, by many objectors whose representations have been overruled.
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considerable resentment
This leads toconsiderableresentment.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
deep resentment
There isdeepresentmentabout this matter.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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