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

• All this has rankled some members, who say the sites have become simply well-dressed Facebooks.
  所有这一切都令部分会员非常恼怒，他们称这些网站已经变成Facebook了，只是包装华丽罢了。
• The insult still rankled in his mind.
  他对那次受辱仍耿耿於怀。
• The notion that the world's best-known medical research agency sponsors studies of homeopathy, acupuncture, therapeutic touch and herbal medicine has always rankled many scientists.
  世界享誉最高的医学研究机构赞助顺势疗法、针灸、治疗性接触和草药的研究，此举激怒了许多科学家。
• 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。
• The unkind way in which his girlfriend left him still rankled long after.
  他女友不友好地离他而去令他很久以后还耿耿于怀。
• The price paid by the Canadians still rankled.
  加拿大人之牺牲，至今仍有余痛。
• 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。
• His tall brothers were a grim, quiet lot, in whom the family tradition of past glories, lost forever, rankled in unspoken hate and crackled out in bitter humor.
  他那些高个儿哥哥是些冷酷寡言的人，在他们身上，历史光荣的传统已经永远消失，沦落为默默的仇恨，爆裂出痛苦的幽默来了。
• 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。
• 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。