vexatious

英 [vekˈseɪʃəs]

美 [vekˈseɪʃəs]

adj.  使人烦恼的; 令人恼火的

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BNC.24729 / COCA.38001

牛津词典

adj.

• 使人烦恼的；令人恼火的
  making you feel upset or annoyed

英英释义

adj

• causing irritation or annoyance
  1. tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
  2. aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
  3. found it galling to have to ask permission
  4. an irritating delay
  5. nettlesome paperwork
  6. a pesky mosquito
  7. swarms of pestering gnats
  8. a plaguey newfangled safety catch
  9. a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
  10. a vexatious child
  11. it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
  Synonym:annoyingbothersomegallingirritatingnettlesomepeskypesteringpestiferousplaguyplagueyteasingvexing

双语例句

• Were the same fair prospect to arise at present as had flattered them a year ago, every thing, she was persuaded, would be hastening to the same vexatious conclusion.
  不过这番话倒是比什么都有效用，使她能够勉为其难地跟客人攀谈起来。
• Mr Heathcliff and his man climbed the cellar steps with vexatious phlegm: I don't think they moved one second faster than usual, though the hearth was an absolute tempest of worrying and yelping.
  希刺克厉夫和他的仆人迈着烦躁的懒洋洋的脚步，爬上了地窖的梯阶：我认为他们走得并不比平常快一秒钟，虽然炉边已经给撕咬和狂吠闹得大乱。
• If you love me to please not know me before, do not get angry at me vexatious, because my heart is very fragile;
  如果你爱我就请在没有了解我之前，不要无理取闹的冲我发脾气，因为我的内心就很脆弱；
• In such a mechanical, repetitive, closed and rigid educational system, there is no speaking of individual differences. Different ideas and innovated opinions of students are considered wrong or vexatious, and are even ignored, denied, and reprimanded.
  在这样一种机械、重复、封闭、僵化的教育系统内，没有个体的差异性可言，学生的不同见解和奇思妙想被认为是错误或无理取闹，甚至遭到漠视、否定、斥责。
• The company's vexatious refusal to pay an apparently valid claim
  公司蛮横无理地拒绝了明显正当的要求
• This settlement will resolve one of the most vexatious problems in the field of industrial relations.
  这一处理将解决产业关系领域最为伤脑筋的一些问题。
• Out of consideration on punishment to frivolous and vexatious actions, thers are sanctions on the representatives and class lawers in every country, and South Korea has criminal sanctions. However, these sanctions have been little applied.
  基于对滥诉的惩罚，各国均有对代表人或集团律师的制裁，韩国还有刑事制裁，但均极少适用。
• Moving house is a vexatious business.
  搬家是件麻烦的事情。
• I now have to record a small but at the time vexatious military episode.
  现在我不得不记述一段军事上的插曲，事情虽小，但在当时却令人恼恨。
• He chewed over a vexatious problem of personnel.
  他思考着伤脑筋的人事问题。