Piqued

例句/造句/用法:

• Beautifully finished furniture in quartered oak has always excited the pleasure, and piqued the curiosity of the uninformed as to how this result is obtained. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
• Also he was piqued that he had been what he called such a stupid lout as to ask that intervention from Mr. Farebrother. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
• He found a pleasure in setting up Blandois as the type of elegance, and making him a satire upon others who piqued themselves on personal graces. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
• I exclaimed: and indeed there was something in the hasty and unexplanatory reply which, instead of allaying, piqued my curiosity more than ever. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
• At any rate, Betteredge seemed to be piqued by something in the reply which I had just made to him. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
• I was a little surprised--perhaps a little piqued also--by these last words. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The other appointments of the mansion partook of the rude simplicity of the Saxon period, which Cedric piqued himself upon maintaining. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Mary was wondering at Fred's piqued tone, when Mr. Farebrother came in and had to hear the news about the engagement under Mr. Garth. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
• Why, Livius, I thought you piqued yourself on being at all times remarkably well appointed. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
• There are a great many celebrated people writing in the 'Keepsake,' at all events, he said, in a tone at once piqued and timid. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
• She picked up a twig of the catkin, piqued by Birkin's attention to it. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
• Perhaps he confided it to my hands for you, perhaps it was locked and my curiosity was piqued, perhaps I suppressed it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
• She was rather piqued by the simplicity of Gerald's demeanour this evening. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
• Well then, sir, have the goodness to gratify my curiosity, which is much piqued on one point. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
• Then she was piqued, and turned away; but he recalled her attention in two minutes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
• And Gudrun, piqued, left him alone. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
• Gerald was piqued because he had left without giving the Pussum money. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
• I am seventeen (a little piqued). 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
• Pride, observed Mary, who piqued herself upon the solidity of her reflections, is a very common failing, I believe. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
• He walked away, piqued for the first time. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
• He piqued her, attracted her, and annoyed her. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
• Then her interest was piqued. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
• Her relatives encouraged me; competitors piqued me; she allured me: a marriage was achieved almost before I knew where I was. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.

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