withering

英 [ˈwɪðərɪŋ]

美 [ˈwɪðərɪŋ]

adj.  尖刻的; 使人难堪的; 令人无地自容的
v.  (使)枯萎，凋谢; 萎缩; (尤指渐渐)破灭，消失
wither的现在分词

现在分词：withering　复数：witherings　

BNC.19197 / COCA.16739

牛津词典

adj.

• 尖刻的；使人难堪的；令人无地自容的
  intended to make sb feel silly or ashamed
  1. withering scorn
     使人难堪的轻蔑
  2. She gave him a withering look.
     她极其蔑视地看了他一眼。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （眼神、话语）尖刻的，令人难堪的，咄咄逼人的
  Awitheringlook or remark is very critical, and is intended to make someone feel ashamed or stupid.
  1. Deborah Jane's mother gave her a withering look...
     德博拉·简的妈妈狠狠地瞪了她一眼。
  2. She launched a withering attack on the Press.
     她向该通讯社发起了一场声势逼人的讨伐。

双语例句

• Bright colourful flowers, it will eventually have one days beginning withered withering.
  鲜艳的花，它始终有一天会枯萎。
• She launched a withering attack on the Press.
  她向该通讯社发起了一场声势逼人的讨伐。
• Under the withering assault of the locust swarms, a quarter of west Africa's crops could vanish.
  在蝗虫群的毁灭性袭击下，西非农作物的4分之一可能完全消失。
• I am withering and dying, crying out to You.
  我正在枯萎，死去，向你而哭。
• I had the feeling of a stray lamb looking for shelter and a withering flower looking for rain and dew.
  我有迷途的羔羊寻找庇护所，凋谢中的花朵寻找雨露那样的感觉。
• On this point, although I have not personally experienced the stink of a Chinese skunk, I can attest that an American skunk's withering stink is the worst smelling thing I have ever come across.
  在这方面，我虽然没有亲身体验过中国臭鼬的臭味，但我能证明，美国臭鼬的可怕恶臭，是我这辈子闻过的最难闻气味。
• The root of ideal is withering eventually the secular spirit of utilitarianism is concealed.
  理想的根系慢慢枯萎，最终为功利主义的世俗精神所掩盖。
• The withering of the Doha world trade round has led, predictably, to a flourishing crop of alternatives.
  可以预见的是，多哈（Doha）回合世贸谈判的枯萎，促成了各种选择的繁荣。
• Deborah Jane's mother gave her a withering look
  德博拉·简的妈妈狠狠地瞪了她一眼。
• She scorns a pasture withering to the root.
  她再不屑于牧场干枯的草根。