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
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- 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。
- The conference spent days discussing the vexed question of border controls.
- (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
- the vexed issue of priorities
- we live in vexed and troubled times
- troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
- harassed working mothers
- a harried expression
- her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions
- the vexed parents of an unruly teenager
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。