irritation

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ir·ri·ta·tion /ˌɪrɪˈteɪʃən/ noun

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 painful sore feeling on a part of your body 〔身体某部位的〕疼痛

The astringent can cause irritation to sensitive skin.

紧肤水可使敏感性皮肤产生疼痛感。

a throat irritation

喉咙痛

Examples from the Corpus

irritation• There is a lesser one, which still remains an irritation.• Attwood's metallic music was an irritation.• So if you imagine that orders and irritation are going to intimidate me you're in for a big surprise!• But if the behaviour is repeated, and by the same fish, something is causing irritation and needs investigation.• The ringing of the telephone came as a distinct irritation.• Bailey expressed irritation with the inaccurate reports in the media.• He turned towards her, but the blankets entangled his legs and he fought his eyes open in irritation.• Protocol 2 studied the phenomenon of adaptive cytoprotection in response to mild irritation of the duodenal mucosa in the three experimental groups.• The heavy traffic is a constant source of irritation.

irritation at/with• Another irritation with the current crop of fax modems is that the two parts of the modem don't cooperate with one another.• Sara was sad for her, but then the sadness was succeeded by irritation at the old lady's mischief.• I said, trying to remain calm despite my growing irritation with him.• This proved stronger than her irritation at the surprise in the young doctor's face.• My irritation at the contrivance lasted for 30 seconds.• His diaries chronicle each phase of irritation with novelistic detail.• Flora recollected Irena's consternation with satisfaction and Felicity Green's irritation with glee.

ir·ri·ta·tion noun

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