rankling

英 [ˈræŋklɪŋ]

美 [ˈræŋklɪŋ]

v.  使人耿耿于怀(或怨恨不已、痛苦不已)
rankle的现在分词

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

• The next morning our guide was so ill, and his limbs swelled with the rankling of his two wounds.
  第二天早晨，我们的带路人病得很重，并且由于两个伤口溃烂的关系，四肢都肿了起来。
• Yet the knowledge imparted to him by the chambermaid was rankling in his mind.
  可是女仆告诉他的消息刺痛着他的心。