To his annoyance, he discovered they hadn’t waited.
他发现他们没有等他,感到很气恼。
in annoyance
Kelly shook her head in annoyance.
凯莉气得直摇头。
2[countableC]ANNOY something that makes you slightly angry 令人烦恼的事物
Alan found the constant noise of the traffic an annoyance.
艾伦觉得不绝于耳的交通噪音让人心烦。
Examples from the Corpus
annoyance• This quilt is an annoyance, requiring two steps for what should be a one-step process.• It's such an annoyance to have to drive you everywhere.• He looked at me with curiosity and annoyance.• Serena is torn between her sisterly love and her annoyance with Stella's aggressive insecurity.• Small problems can be majorannoyances on a long trip.• My annoyance with Michelle was gone.• Added to this is the vibration caused by heavy goods vehicles and the annoyance of air trafficsuffered by all city dwellers.• I like to stay up late most nights, much to the annoyance of my girlfriend.• The meetings were held in secret, much to the annoyance of some members of Congress.• Some are oversensitive, which leads to annoyance and castsdoubt on readings which might not be inaccurate.• Smoking is a tremendousannoyance to non-smokers.
in annoyance• He looked in annoyance at the hostess.