詞彙精選:vex的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
v.
(使)煩惱,困惑,惱怒 [I,T]
例句:
He who peeps through a hole may see what will vex him.
從洞中偷看的人會看到令他氣惱的事。
例句:
His silly chatter would vex a saint.
他說的話很無聊,多有涵養的人也得氣得發火。
詳細討論,紛紛議論,長期爭論
例句:
Don't vex this problem again.
別再反覆討論這個問題了。
二、詞義辨析:
bother,disturb,trouble,annoy,irritate,vex
這些動詞均有“使人不安或煩惱”之意。bother 指使人煩惱而引起的緊張不安或感到不耐煩。disturb 較正式用詞,多用被動態。指攏亂,使人不能平靜或妨礙別人工作、思維或正常秩序,是程度較深的煩惱。trouble 指給人在行動上帶來不便或在身心上造成痛苦。annoy 強調因被迫忍受令人不快、討厭的事而失去平靜或耐心,多指一時的打攏或惱怒。irritate 語氣比annoy強得多,指激怒,使發怒,多指一種短時間的反應。vex側重指因不斷的干擾而引起的煩惱,有時含激怒的意味。
三、參考例句:
His silly chatter would vex you.
他那無聊的閒扯會使你煩惱。
Don't vex this problem again.
別再反覆討論這個問題了。
His silly chatter would vex you,
他那無聊的閒扯會使你煩惱。
His silly chatter would vex a saint.
他說的話很無聊,多有涵養的人也得氣得發火。
I hope not, else he will vex my father.
我希望不是, 否則他要惹惱我父親了。
He who peeps through a hole may see what will vex him.
從洞中偷看的人會看到令他氣惱的事。