ire

Word family

ire /aɪə $ aɪr/ noun [uncountableU] written

ANGRYanger 愤怒

raise/arouse/draw somebody’s ire (=make someone angry) 使某人愤怒

The proposal has drawn the ire of local residents.

那项提议激怒了当地居民。

Examples from the Corpus

ire• That, too, is raising the neighbours' ire.• Such was the good doctor's ire that he insisted that S4C's subsidy should be stopped.• But she also attracted the ire of advocacy groups.• But the idea of such a garage has drawn the ire of park purists.• In addition to facing the ire of frustrated riders, Muni has also come under fire recently from federal safety officials.• She did not raise the ire of teachers.

Origin ire

(1200-1300) Old French Latin ira

Chinese

Corpus

BNC: 22999 COCA: 15744

ire

Anger and annoyance: asperity, anger, annoyance...