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

• For operators, who are little if not service companies, the word "service" must have rankled.
  对于那些没有掌管公司的工作者来说，“服务”这个词汇实在是太怨念了。
• 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。
• The insult still rankled in his mind.
  他对那次受辱仍耿耿於怀。
• American dominance has rankled with them, but Asians have no history of unity, and no agreed vision of leadership to step into a future with Asia on its own.
  美国主导地位令他们恼火，但亚洲并没有团结的历史，也没有独自走向未来的公认领导。
• 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。
• The price paid by the Canadians still rankled.
  加拿大人之牺牲，至今仍有余痛。
• The influx of Chinese entrepreneurs has rankled ordinary Africans, too.
  中国企业家的大批涌入也激起了非洲普通人的怨恨。
• 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。
• 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。