Vex
[veks] or [vɛks]
解释:
(verb.) subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation; 'vex the subject of the death penalty'.
艾伯纳录入--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
(v. t.) To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to trouble; to tease.
(v. t.) To twist; to weave.
(v. i.) To be irritated; to fret.
埃米莉录入
同义词及近义词：
v. a. [1]. Tease, torment, plague, harass, worry, harry, hector, distress, annoy, trouble, fret, provoke, offend, irritate, gall, chafe, displease, molest, pester, bother, badger.[2]. Disturb, disquiet, agitate.
珍妮特录入
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Tease, irritate, provoke, plague, torment, tantalize, bother, worry, pester,trouble, disquiet, afflict, harass, annoy
ANT:Soothe, appease, gratify, quiet, please
校对:凯特
解释:
v.t. to harass: to torment: to irritate by small provocations: to agitate: to contest.—v.i. (obs.) to be vexed.—n. (Scot.) a trouble.—n. Vexā′tion a vexing: state of being vexed: trouble: a teasing annoyance: uneasiness.—adj. Vexā′tious causing vexation or annoyance: harassing: full of trouble.—adv. Vexā′tiously.—n. Vexā′tiousness.—adj. Vexed amazed.—n. Vex′er.—adj. Vex′ing.—adv. Vex′ingly so as to vex or annoy.—n. Vex′ingness.—Vexatious suit (law) a suit begun without justifiable cause.
录入:卢
例句:
- I do not want to vex you; and besides, we must speak gently, for mamma is asleep; but your whole manner offends me--' 'How! 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- I suppose you have had as little to vex you since you came into this house as any creature in the world. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- It is an excellent plan to have some place where we can go to be quiet, when things vex or grieve us. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Nay, nay; work is my delight, child, when it doesn't vex your mother. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Few things shook me now; few things had importance to vex, intimidate, or depress me: most things pleased--mere trifles had a charm. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- I did not do so to wound or to vex; interrupted I, but you are too touchy and susceptible. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- He thought to provoke a warm reply; I had seen him vex the passionate to explosion before now. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- No, no; it must be something else if he were really vexed, Ladislaw is a sort of gypsy; he thinks nothing of leather and prunella. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- That was Mr. Wildeve who passed, miss, he said slowly, and expressed by his face that he expected her to feel vexed at having been sitting unseen. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Elizabeth could hardly help laughing at so convenient a proposal; yet was really vexed that her mother should be always giving him such an epithet. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- Don't be vexed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Something had vexed you before you came in, you looked cross. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- She was vexed to see that, in spite of so many years of vigilance, she had blundered twice within five minutes. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- It was only when I saw him really unhappy that I felt really vexed with the fair, frail cause of his suffering. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- You felt no remorse in vexing me, last night. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Of course I contradict the tale everywhere; but it is very vexing, and I wonder how it could have originated. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- You take delight in vexing me. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- It will save you from many troubles of the vexing sort. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- The redundancy of his alertness was half-vexing, half-ludicrous: in my mind I both disapproved and derided most of this fuss. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Besides, you have got a wrong notion in your head as usual, Dodo--I can see that: it vexes me. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Very much; it vexes me even. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Yet the man is peremptory and secret: his secrecy vexes me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- What vexes me, my poor Emmy, is not my misfortune, but yours, George said. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- But my younger daughter, Mrs General, rather worries and vexes my thoughts. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
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