1[uncountableU]ANNOY the feeling of being annoyed about something, especially something that happens repeatedly or for a long time 恼怒,生气〔尤指被反复发生或长时间发生的事激怒〕
The heavy traffic is a constant source of irritation.
拥挤的交通一向是令人头痛的问题。
irritation at/with
The doctor’s irritation at being interrupted showed.
医生被打扰,表现出了不耐烦的样子。
2[countableC]ANNOY something that makes you annoyed 令人气恼的事物
The children are just an irritation for him when he’s trying to work.
他想工作的时候,那些孩子就会让他觉得很恼火。
3[countableC, uncountableU]MIFEEL HOT/COLD/TIRED ETC a painfulsore feeling on a part of your body 〔身体某部位的〕疼痛
The astringent can cause irritation to sensitive skin.
1feeling/cause of being irritated惱怒;惱人事ADJECTIVE | VERB + IRRITATION | IRRITATION + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤considerable, great, intense, major, some (especially BrE) 極度的惱怒;嚴重的煩擾;有些惱火◇'I'm not American, I'm Canadian,' he replied with some irritation.“我不是美國人,我是加拿大人。”他有些惱怒地回答說。➤mild, minor, slight慍怒;小煩惱;些微的惱怒◇the minor irritation of having to wait因不得不等待略感煩躁➤constant持續不斷的煩惱VERB + IRRITATION➤feel感到焦躁◇He felt slight irritation at being kept waiting.他因為被迫久等而有些惱火。➤express, show表達/表現惱怒◇He showed no irritation at the delay.他沒有因為延遲而顯得煩躁。➤conceal, hide, suppress掩藏焦躁之情;壓抑惱火◇She made no attempt to conceal her irritation.她毫不掩藏自己的焦躁。◇He was unable to hide his irritation any longer.他再也無法掩藏自己的惱怒了。➤cause導致惱怒◇Such delays can cause considerable irritation.這樣一次次的拖延會令人相當惱火。IRRITATION + VERB➤grow惱怒加重◇She felt irritation growing in her.她覺得內心的惱怒在積聚。➤show惱怒表現出來◇She didn't let her irritation show.她沒讓自己的惱怒表現出來。PREPOSITION➤in irritation心煩地◇Gary shook his head in irritation.加里心煩意亂地搖頭。➤to your irritation令人惱火地◇I found to my great irritation that I'd forgotten the movie.我極其惱火地發現自己把電影的事給忘了。➤with irritation惱怒地◇'Of course not!' she said with some irritation.她有些惱火地說:“當然不!”➤irritation at因⋯感到煩躁◇our irritation at the delay我們因延誤而感到的煩躁➤irritation to令⋯不快的事◇This is a major irritation to commuters.這是令通勤者最為不快的事。➤irritation with對⋯感到的惱怒◇her irritation with people who were slow她對反應遲鈍的人的不耐煩PHRASES➤a sense of irritation煩躁感▸➤a source of irritation煩惱的原因◇Traffic noise is a source of constant irritation.交通噪聲長期令人煩惱。irritation
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2slight pain in part of the body身體部位的輕微疼痛ADJECTIVE | VERB + IRRITATIONADJECTIVE➤intense, severe強烈的刺激;嚴重的疼痛▸➤mild輕微的刺痛▸➤eye, skin眼睛/皮膚發炎◇a new cream to treat skin irritation治療皮膚發炎的新乳膏VERB + IRRITATION➤cause, lead to導致發炎;產生刺激◇The infection can cause intense irritation of the throat.這種感染可能導致喉部嚴重疼痛。➤experience, get感到刺痛◇Stop using the cream if you get any irritation.如有任何不適請停止使用此乳霜。➤prevent防止不適