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
- Next day it all came out, sadly to my chagrin; and still I was not altogether sorry: I thought the burden of directing and warning would be more efficiently borne by him than me.
第二天就都说出来了,使我懊恼之至;可我还不十分难过:我以为指导和警戒的担子由他担负比由我担负会有效多了。 - He was preoccupied with chagrin and etiquette.
他耿耿于怀的是经受的屈辱和礼仪。 - 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。 - Been love, been mistake, simply because shouldn't so vagueness, shadiness only let you suffer all kinds of chagrin.
我爱了,我错了,只因不该暧昧不清,暧昧只会让人受尽委屈。 - 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。 - Much to the chagrin of his children, when he died he left all his money to charity.
他去世时把所有的钱都留给了慈善事业,这使得他的子女很不高兴。 - As his eye passed hastily over the words, his countenance changed from its look of military pride to one of deep chagrin.
当他的目光急急地从一行行字上掠过时,脸上那军人高傲神情,也跟着变成了深深的悔恨与失望。 - I am at a loss to find words with which to express my chagrin and grief.
我实在寻不出适当的字句来表白心中的悔恨与悲痛。 - 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。 - 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。