rankled

英 [ˈræŋkld]

美 [ˈræŋkld]

v.  使人耿耿于怀(或怨恨不已、痛苦不已)
rankle的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使人发怒;激起怨恨
  If an event or situationrankles, it makes you feel angry or bitter afterwards, because you think it was unfair or wrong.
  1. They paid him only £10 for it and it really rankled...
     他们仅为此付给他10英镑，这真让他感到愤怒。
  2. Britain's refusal to sell Portugal arms in 1937 still rankled with him...
     1937年英国拒绝向葡萄牙销售武器的事情仍然令他愤慨。
  3. The only thing that rankles me is what she says about Ireland.
     唯一使我耿耿于怀的就是她那些关于爱尔兰的言论。

双语例句

• They paid him only £ 10 for it and it really rankled
  他们仅为此付给他10英镑，这真让他感到愤怒。
• The influx of Chinese entrepreneurs has rankled ordinary Africans, too.
  中国企业家的大批涌入也激起了非洲普通人的怨恨。
• The memory rankled because I was constitutionally unable to bear the sensation of helplessness.
  这些痛苦的内存是因为我的本质上不能忍受这种无能为力的感觉。
• The notion that the world's best-known medical research agency sponsors studies of homeopathy, acupuncture, therapeutic touch and herbal medicine has always rankled many scientists.
  世界享誉最高的医学研究机构赞助顺势疗法、针灸、治疗性接触和草药的研究，此举激怒了许多科学家。
• The price paid by the Canadians still rankled.
  加拿大人之牺牲，至今仍有余痛。
• 'Professionals call it elderspeak, the sweetly belittling form of address that has always rankled older people,'the article says.
  文章中说，这种甜蜜但带有贬低色彩的称呼形式总会让年长的人感到恼怒。
• For operators, who are little if not service companies, the word "service" must have rankled.
  对于那些没有掌管公司的工作者来说，“服务”这个词汇实在是太怨念了。
• Britain's refusal to sell Portugal arms in 1937 still rankled with him
  1937年英国拒绝向葡萄牙销售武器的事情仍然令他愤慨。
• All this has rankled some members, who say the sites have become simply well-dressed Facebooks.
  所有这一切都令部分会员非常恼怒，他们称这些网站已经变成Facebook了，只是包装华丽罢了。
• The insult still rankled in his mind.
  他对那次受辱仍耿耿於怀。