embitter

英 [ɪmˈbɪtə(r)] 美 [ɪmˈbɪtər]

v.  使怨愤; 使沮丧; 使苦恼

过去分词:embittered现在分词:embittering第三人称单数:embitters过去式:embittered

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BNC.33375 / COCA.25659



牛津词典

verb

  1. 使怨愤;使沮丧;使苦恼
    to make sb feel angry or disappointed about sth over a long period of time

    双语例句

    1. Hops serve to embitter beer. ( British) dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops.
      酒花的作用是使啤酒发苦。有很强啤酒花味的无糖、烈的麦酒。
    2. Internment camps had done nothing to harden or embitter her.
      拘留营的生活并未使她变得冷酷无情或愤愤不平。
    3. Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.
      你们作父亲的、不要惹儿女的气、恐怕他们失了志气。
    4. He said new construction in the settlement of Gilo would embitter Palestinians and make peace harder to achieve.
      他说,在吉罗定居点建造新的住房会引发巴勒斯坦人的怨恨,使和平更难获得。
    5. To reveal it would be to embitter her life.
      而泄露秘密就会使她终生苦恼。
    6. If Israel's purpose was to enrage and embitter a generation of us who seek a just and lasting peace, then its assault was a wild success.
      如果以色列是想激怒并让我们追求公正和持久和平的这一代受苦,那么它的袭击是不会得逞的。
    7. Such catastrophe was of course likely to embitter the French nation.
      这灾祸自然更会加重法国的痛苦。

    英英释义

    verb

    1. cause to be bitter or resentful
      1. These injustices embittered her even more

      Synonym:    envenomacerbate