rankled

英 [ˈræŋkld]

美 [ˈræŋkld]

v.  使人耿耿于怀(或怨恨不已、痛苦不已)
rankle的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使人发怒;激起怨恨
  If an event or situationrankles, it makes you feel angry or bitter afterwards, because you think it was unfair or wrong.
  1. They paid him only £10 for it and it really rankled...
     他们仅为此付给他10英镑，这真让他感到愤怒。
  2. Britain's refusal to sell Portugal arms in 1937 still rankled with him...
     1937年英国拒绝向葡萄牙销售武器的事情仍然令他愤慨。
  3. The only thing that rankles me is what she says about Ireland.
     唯一使我耿耿于怀的就是她那些关于爱尔兰的言论。

双语例句

• 'Professionals call it elderspeak, the sweetly belittling form of address that has always rankled older people,'the article says.
  文章中说，这种甜蜜但带有贬低色彩的称呼形式总会让年长的人感到恼怒。
• Under Mr Raymond, the firm has developed a reputation for arrogance that has at times rankled host governments.
  在李-雷蒙德的领导下，埃克森由于时常惹怒石油产国政府而被视为傲慢自大。
• He shut up after this, and went in to his paper, but the retort rankled in his mind.
  他就此闭上了嘴，回去看报了，但是这句反驳的话刺痛了他的心。
• For operators, who are little if not service companies, the word "service" must have rankled.
  对于那些没有掌管公司的工作者来说，“服务”这个词汇实在是太怨念了。
• The influx of Chinese entrepreneurs has rankled ordinary Africans, too.
  中国企业家的大批涌入也激起了非洲普通人的怨恨。
• The argument with Sam earlier on still rankled.
  早些时候同萨姆的争辩仍然使人耿耿于怀。
• American dominance has rankled with them, but Asians have no history of unity, and no agreed vision of leadership to step into a future with Asia on its own.
  美国主导地位令他们恼火，但亚洲并没有团结的历史，也没有独自走向未来的公认领导。
• They paid him only £ 10 for it and it really rankled
  他们仅为此付给他10英镑，这真让他感到愤怒。
• The insult still rankled in his mind.
  他对那次受辱仍耿耿於怀。
• The memory rankled because I was constitutionally unable to bear the sensation of helplessness.
  这些痛苦的内存是因为我的本质上不能忍受这种无能为力的感觉。