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
- 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。 - 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。 - Much to the chagrin of the pundit class, sometimes there are no satisfying answers.
令专家们懊恼的是,有些时候就是没有令人满意的答案。 - 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。 - To my chagrin, Altman told me, Stanford has not had a really great track record.
让我懊恼的是,奥特曼告诉我说,斯坦福的成绩并不是特别好。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - He was preoccupied with chagrin and etiquette.
他耿耿于怀的是经受的屈辱和礼仪。