vexed

英 [vekst]

美 [vekst]

adj.  (指问题等)棘手的，伤脑筋的; (指人)恼火，烦恼，伤脑筋
v.  使恼火; 使烦恼; 使忧虑
vex的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：vexed　过去式：vexed　

BNC.18900 / COCA.28691

牛津词典

adj.

• （指问题等）棘手的，伤脑筋的
  a problem that is difficult to deal with
  1. The conference spent days discussing the vexed question of border controls.
     会议花了几天的时间讨论边境关卡这个难题。
• （指人）恼火，烦恼，伤脑筋
  upset or annoyed

柯林斯词典

• See also:Ministers have begun work on the vexed issue of economic union...Later Mr Moi raised the vexed question of refugees.vex

英英释义

adj

• causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution
  1. the vexed issue of priorities
  2. we live in vexed and troubled times
• troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
  1. harassed working mothers
  2. a harried expression
  3. her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions
  4. the vexed parents of an unruly teenager
  Synonym:annoyedharassedharriedpestered

双语例句

• I am vexed at his laziness [ his being lazy].
  我为他的懒惰而恼火。
• I was vexed by the thingsthat people were always telling me that I must do.
  人们总是告诉我说必须做这样做那样，我都给烦死了。
• Everything about her vexed him.
  有关她的一切都令他困惑。
• But I have been vexed, because you wouldn't come.
  可是我苦恼过，因为你不肯来。
• Mr. Darcy's behaviour astonished and vexed her.
  达西先生的行为叫她惊奇，也叫她烦恼。
• We knew she was really a bit vexed.
  我们知道她真的有点恼火了。
• He was vexed at his failure.
  他因失败而懊恼。
• The headlight problem really vexed me because it's happened to me before.
  车灯的问题确实令人烦恼的我，因为这是发生在我身上的面前。
• I was vexed that I could not understand his logic.
  我因为无法理解他的逻辑而感到苦恼。
• I was vexed at his behaviour.
  我对他们的行为很恼火。