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单词 exasperate
释义
exasperate
verb[T]
uk
/ɪɡˈzɑː.spə.reɪt/us
/ɪɡˈzæs.pə.reɪt/
to make someone veryannoyed, usually when they can do nothing tosolveaproblem
激怒，使气恼，使烦恼（通常使人束手无策）
Synonym
infuriate
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to annoy someone
  • annoyIt annoys me that you're always late.
  • botherIt bothers me that you don't help with the washing up.
  • irritateAfter a while her behaviour really began to irritate me.
  • peeveWhat peeved her most was that he hadn't even called her.
  • bugHe's been bugging me all morning.
  • aggravateIt really aggravates me the way he never thanks me for what I've done.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
  • aggravate
  • aggrieve
  • alienate
  • anger
  • annoy
  • bend
  • givesomeonethe shitsidiom
  • go too faridiom
  • goat
  • grate
  • hacksomeoneoff
  • joke
  • nark
  • nose
  • rubsomeoneup the wrong wayidiom
  • ruffle
  • rufflesomeone'sfeathersidiom
  • setsomeone'steeth on edgeidiom
  • step/tread onsomeone'stoesidiom
  • tit
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(Definition ofexasperatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • I do not wish to exasperate the populace, replied the duke.
  • No answer he could have made could have more exasperated her.

exasperate| American Dictionary

exasperate
verb[T]
us
/ɪɡˈzæs·pəˌreɪt/
tocauseangerorextremeannoyancein someone:
His assistant’scarelessnessis exasperating him.
(Definition ofexasperatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexasperate

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He had certainly never felt more humiliated and exasperated.
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Philosophically knowledgeable readers will be exasperated and frustrated, while others are liable to be seriously misled.
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A slight, but nonetheless exasperating weakness lies in the glut of anachronisms peppering the prose of the book.
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Who wouldn't be exasperated by their challenge to tradition?
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The more they attempted to resist their inventions the more they become exasperated at the constraints of such identities.
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He is clearly exasperated by the dictator's failure to heed the hardships which catalysed the revolt and by the subsequent oppression.
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Such judgements by an exasperated social worker could be interpreted as pathologising an extremely marginalised service user.
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Readers will be exasperated or delighted by the introductory section.
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Her failure to consummate that relationship exasperated her even further.
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On the contrary, groundwater development is seen as a substitute for tanks, which are the main agents of replenishment, thus exasperating the negative externalities.
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What does the odd and sometimes exasperating way that students 'play' with language suggest in terms of classroom teaching approach?
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Often this was not done, out of forgetfulness, and after thirty-one days a bill would be delivered to the now exasperated customer which he or she felt obliged to pay.
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General practitioners are also exasperated by hospitals running out of acute beds and would prefer to be able to use community facilities, including specialists and nurses locally.
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I find stories of this sort exasperating.
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He had, on the one hand, to avoid exasperating those who had bailed him out overseas.
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