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
- Played the woman and shook his hand in disapproval with chagrin on her face.
撒娇的摇著他的手,一脸的委屈状! - Causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation.
使人觉得羞愧、懊恼和恼怒。 - 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。 - All developing economies view the prospect of flows of money rushing in and out of their markets with chagrin.
所有的发展中经济体都会对巨额资金快速进出本国市场感到烦恼。 - 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 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。 - Though I'd heard quite a lot from the western media, I realized, to my chagrin, that I'd never once actually asked a Hong Kong resident how they felt.
尽管从西方媒介那里听到的不少,令我懊恼的是,我还从没有真正问过一个香港人他们是怎么想的。 - Much to the police's chagrin, the chief suspect for the killing seems to have fled the country.
主要杀人嫌疑犯似乎已经逃出国了,这使得警方极为不快。 - Quality as well as quantity is increasing to the chagrin of other Asian producers.
除数量外,中国钢铁的质量也在提高,这让其它亚洲钢铁生产商颇为苦恼。 - Thomas discovered to his great chagrin that he was broke.
托马斯十分懊恼地发现自己破产了。