Describes a thing, a situation, or a person that keeps annoying you until your patience runs out. This is the -ing side of the pair: the thing that causes the feeling. A slow website, a form you must fill in four times, a friend who is always twenty minutes late — all exasperating.

Describes a thing, a situation, or a person用來形容一件事、一個情況,或一個人 that keeps annoying you一直惹你不高興, until your patience runs out直到你的耐性耗盡。 This is the -ing side of the pair這是這對詞裡 -ing 的那一邊: the thing that causes the feeling也就是造成那種感覺的東西。 A slow website慢吞吞的網站, a form you must fill in four times一份要填四遍的表格, a friend who is always twenty minutes late一個總是遲到二十分鐘的朋友 — all exasperating——通通都令人抓狂。

It is stronger and more tired-sounding than annoying; it carries the idea that this has been going on and shows no sign of stopping. It feels slightly formal or bookish, so in speech many people would say maddening, or just "so frustrating".

It is stronger and more tired-sounding than annoying它比 annoying 更強烈,也更帶著厭倦的口氣; it carries the idea它帶著這樣的意思 that this has been going on and shows no sign of stopping這件事已經持續很久,而且看不出要停的跡象。 It feels slightly formal or bookish它給人感覺有點正式、書面, so in speech所以在口語裡 many people would say maddening很多人會說 maddening, or just "so frustrating"或乾脆說「so frustrating」。

You will most often see it before a noun (an exasperating delay, an exasperating habit) or after be ("It's exasperating.").

You will most often see it before a noun你最常看到它出現在名詞前面 (an exasperating delay令人抓狂的延誤, an exasperating habit令人抓狂的習慣) or after be或出現在 be 動詞後面 ("It's exasperating.")(「It's exasperating.」)。

One thing worth noticing: you can call a person exasperating and still love them. It is a complaint, not an insult — parents say it about children all the time.

One thing worth noticing有一點值得注意: you can call a person exasperating你可以說一個人 exasperating and still love them同時還是愛著他們。 It is a complaint, not an insult這是抱怨,不是侮辱 — parents say it about children all the time——父母整天都這樣說自己的小孩。