chagrin
英 [ˈʃæɡrɪn]
美 [ʃəˈɡrɪn]
n. 失望; 恼怒; 烦恼; 懊恼
vt. 使懊恼; 使懊丧; 使悔恨
现在分词:chagrining 过去式:chagrined 第三人称单数:chagrins 过去分词:chagrined
BNC.19072 / COCA.16105
牛津词典
noun
- 失望;恼怒;烦恼;懊恼
a feeling of being disappointed or annoyed
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 懊恼;窝火;失望
Chagrinis a feeling of disappointment, upset, or annoyance, perhaps because of your own failure.- One of the first things we did when we moved in, to the chagrin of the architect, was to replace the leaded windows.
让建筑师大为懊恼的是,我们搬进去最先做的事情之一就是换掉了花饰铅条窗。
- One of the first things we did when we moved in, to the chagrin of the architect, was to replace the leaded windows.
英英释义
noun
- strong feelings of embarrassment
verb
- cause to feel shame
- He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
双语例句
- As his eye passed hastily over the words, his countenance changed from its look of military pride to one of deep chagrin.
当他的目光急急地从一行行字上掠过时,脸上那军人高傲神情,也跟着变成了深深的悔恨与失望。 - One of the first things we did when we moved in, to the chagrin of the architect, was to replace the leaded windows.
让建筑师大为懊恼的是,我们搬进去最先做的事情之一就是换掉了花饰铅条窗。 - Next day it all came out, sadly to my chagrin; and still I was not altogether sorry: I thought the burden of directing and warning would be more efficiently borne by him than me.
第二天就都说出来了,使我懊恼之至;可我还不十分难过:我以为指导和警戒的担子由他担负比由我担负会有效多了。 - The job, which involved the transcription of oral history tapes, had about it a quality of penance that suited me, though after a time I discovered to my chagrin that I was having fun.
这份工作是把口述历史录音带用文字记录下来,而这倒是有一种对我很相宜的苦修味道,尽管过了一阵子,我不无懊恼地发现,我正乐在其中。 - Thinking about the matter gave ME more chagrin than the whistle gave ME pleasure.
我一想到这件事就懊恼,甚于那哨子给我的乐趣。 - Much to the chagrin of his children, when he died he left all his money to charity.
他去世时把所有的钱都留给了慈善事业,这使得他的子女很不高兴。 - He noted with chagrin how little hair clung to his head.
他苦恼地发现原来他头上的毛发是那麽的稀疏。 - To cause to feel chagrin; mortify or discomfit.
使懊恼,使受屈辱,使窘迫。 - He took the book, to Paul's immense chagrin, and began the copying himself.
他拿过薄子自己抄起来,弄得保罗十分沮丧。 - The deals were also leaked, to the professed chagrin of advisors on both sides.
双方顾问均公开表示恼火的是,两笔交易都曾走漏了风声。