exasperating

英 [ɪɡˈzæspəreɪtɪŋ]

美 [ɪɡˈzæspəreɪtɪŋ]

adj.  使人恼怒的; 惹人生气的
v.  使烦恼; 使恼怒; 激怒
exasperate的现在分词

现在分词：exasperating　

BNC.32847 / COCA.25958

牛津词典

adj.

• 使人恼怒的；惹人生气的
  extremely annoying

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 让人恼火的;气人的
  If you describe someone or something asexasperating, you mean that you feel angry or frustrated by them or by what they do.
  1. Hardie could be exasperating to his colleagues...
     哈迪有时让他的同事非常恼火。
  2. She really is the most exasperating woman.
     她真是最气人的女人。

英英释义

adj

• making worse
  Synonym:aggravatingexacerbating
• extremely annoying or displeasing
  1. his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating
  2. I've had an exasperating day
  3. her infuriating indifference
  4. the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening
  Synonym:infuriatingmaddeningvexing

双语例句

• His aunt did not inform his grandfather of this refusal for fear of exasperating him.
  关于这次拒绝，那位姑奶奶一点也没在他外祖父跟前提起，怕他听了更加冒火。
• It is really exasperating that he has not turned up when the train is about to leave.
  火车快开了，他还不来，实在急人。
• That sort of thing can be really exasperating.
  这种事能把人给气死。
• After a few contacts with the lady I found her intolerably exasperating and gave her as wide a berth as possible.
  交往几次之后，我发现那位太太讨厌得难以容忍，于是尽可能回避她。
• It's exasperating to run for a train and then miss it by half a minute.
  跑着赶火车，却差半分钟没赶上，真气人。
• What an exasperating person he is!
  你说他气人不气人！
• I have seldom had a more exasperating day.
  我很少碰到过比这更使我恼火的日子。
• Frequent asides that are often exasperating to today's more stressed-out public ( bJames Wilcox)
  经常使今天压力更加过重的公众恼怒的频繁性插入语（b詹姆斯怀尔考克斯）
• I also dislike people who try to talk down to my understanding. They are like people who when walking with you try to shorten their steps to suit yours; the hypocrisy in both cases is equally exasperating.
  我也不喜欢那些对我的理解力品头论足的人，他们在和你一起走路时，总是试图缩短他们自己的步幅，只为了迎合你行走的速度。
• It was a long wait, and an exasperating one at that.
  那次等待不但时间长久而且令人恼火。