核心畫面

The second the result comes out and it is not the one you were counting on. First a dull drop, then a flash of anger, and then the awkward thought that other people just watched it happen.

可以想成結果揭曉的那一秒:你本來以為穩了,結果沒有。心裡先是一悶,接著有點火,然後又想到旁邊還有人看著。chagri更多收起可以想成結果揭曉的那一秒:你本來以為穩了,結果沒有。心裡先是一悶,接著有點火,然後又想到旁邊還有人看著。chagrin 就是這三樣東西混在一起的那股感覺,中文最接近的說法是「懊惱」。它不是傷心,也不是後悔——它是「事情沒照我希望的走」的那一悶,而且往往還要當場裝沒事。

From the word’s history

Borrowed from French chagrin, sorrow, from Middle French chagrin, pain or affliction. The older source is uncertain; one line links it to Old French graigne, grief or resentment.

借自法文 chagrin(悲傷、苦惱),更早的中古法文形式指「痛苦、折磨」。再往上的來源並不確定,有一說跟古法文 graigne(怨、悲)有關。從這條線看得出來,英文把一個很大的「不痛快」收窄成了一種很具體的東西:事與願違的那種懊惱。

Wiktionary, packet evidence kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:903900541 — From French chagrin (sorrow), from Middle French chagrin (pain, affliction); further origin uncertain, possibly related to Old French graigne.

One branch

事與願違的那股悶

兩個用法講的是同一股感覺,只是一個把它當成東西看,一個把它放回人身上。

noun · C2

The mixed feeling of being annoyed and let down when something turns out badly for you, especially when it also makes you look foolish in front of other people.

懊惱(又氣又失望)