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The feeling you get when someone keeps doing the thing you have asked them not to do, and your patience finally runs out. It is a mix of anger and tiredness, with a little helplessness in it — you have tried, and it has not worked.
The feeling you get這是一種感覺 when someone keeps doing the thing you have asked them not to do當有人一直做你已經要求他們別做的事情 and your patience finally runs out而你的耐心終於用完了 It is a mix of anger and tiredness它是憤怒和疲憊的混合 with a little helplessness in it裡面還帶點無力感 you have tried你已經試過了 and it has not worked但沒有用
It is an uncountable noun, so you say a lot of exasperation, not "an exasperation". You will meet it most in a few fixed shapes: in exasperation ("She threw the instructions down in exasperation"), with exasperation ("He sighed with exasperation"), and a note / sigh / look of exasperation.
It is an uncountable noun它是不可數名詞 so you say所以你會說 a lot of exasperation, not "an exasperation"要說a lot of exasperation,而不是"an exasperation" You will meet it most你最常會在 in a few fixed shapes幾個固定的用法裡遇到它 in exasperation ("She threw the instructions down in exasperation")像in exasperation(她氣得把說明書一丟) with exasperation ("He sighed with exasperation")或with exasperation(他氣呼呼地嘆了口氣) and a note / sigh / look of exasperation還有a note/sigh/look of exasperation這種說法
It is a formal word — nobody says "I felt exasperation" out loud; they say "I'd just had enough". Notice too that it is often shown, not stated: writers use it as the label for a sigh, a raised hand, a look at the ceiling.
It is a formal word這是個正式的詞 — nobody says "I felt exasperation" out loud沒有人會把"I felt exasperation"說出口 they say "I'd just had enough"而是會說"I'd just had enough"(我受夠了) Notice too另外要注意 that it is often shown, not stated這種感覺通常是被表現出來,而不是直接講出來 writers use it as the label作家會用這個詞來標記 for a sigh一聲嘆息 a raised hand一個舉起的手 a look at the ceiling一個望向天花板的眼神
組成exasperate + -ion, the ending that turns an action into a thing you can name. From Latin asper, 'rough' — literally the state of having been rubbed rough.
同家族的字
- exasperatedthe adjective for feeling this way
- exasperatingthe adjective for causing it
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。
exasperationnoun
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The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
- Alone between the sheets / only brings exasperation
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Increase of violence or malignity; aggravation; exacerbation.
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。