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If a person is embittered, they have become angry, sad, or full of hate because of bad or unfair things that happened to them.
If a person is embittered如果一個人是embittered(心懷怨恨的) they have become angry, sad, or full of hate他們變得憤怒、傷心,或充滿恨意 because of bad or unfair things that happened to them因為遇到不好或不公平的事
This is the form you will meet most often — a word for a person (or sometimes a voice, a look, a comment) that has gone sour and stayed that way. An embittered worker may still do the job, but the warmth is gone.
This is the form you will meet most often這是你最常會遇到的用法 a word for a person用來形容一個人 (or sometimes a voice, a look, a comment)(有時候也可以是聲音、眼神,或一句話) that has gone sour and stayed that way變得酸苦,而且一直這樣 An embittered worker一個embittered的員工 may still do the job可能還是會把工作做完 but the warmth is gone但那份熱情已經不在了
Though actually it does not only mean “a bit .” It points to a deep, lasting change: the has got into them.
Though actually不過其實 it does not only mean "a bit annoyed."它不只是「有點不爽」的意思 It points to a deep, lasting change它指的是一種深層、持久的改變 the unfairness has got into them不公平的事已經滲進他們心裡了
Younger speakers may just say “bitter” or “still angry about it”; embittered sounds a little more formal, like a newspaper or a novel.
Younger speakers較年輕的人 may just say "bitter" or "still angry about it"可能只會說「bitter」或「還在氣這件事」 embittered sounds a little more formal但embittered聽起來比較正式一點 like a newspaper or a novel像報紙或小說裡會用的
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
embitteredadj
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Deeply hostile, resentful.
- an embittered enemy
- […] they were opposed to it on grounds that were at once legal, political, historical, personal, geographical, and mixed; the whole combination of causes operating of necessity to make the opposition an embittered one.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。