核心畫面

Picture something rubbing against a surface until it goes red and sore — a rough label against skin, smoke in the eyes. English uses the same verb for what repeated small do to a person's patience: nothing dramatic, just the same rub, over and over, until it stings.

可以想成:一樣東西一直磨著一個表面,磨到發紅、發痛——粗糙的標籤磨著皮膚、煙燻著眼睛。英文用同一個動詞來說「一再重複更多收起可以想成:一樣東西一直磨著一個表面,磨到發紅、發痛——粗糙的標籤磨著皮膚、煙燻著眼睛。英文用同一個動詞來說「一再重複的小事」對一個人耐性做的事:沒有什麼戲劇性,就是同一個地方一直磨,磨到刺痛。

From the picture

把人磨到不耐煩

同樣是「一直磨」,只是磨的對象換成耐性:所以這個字幾乎都用在重複發生的小事上。

annoy · verb · B2

to make someone feel annoyed or impatient, especially by doing something again and again.

惹惱;使不耐煩

Also in this word

make skin sore · verb · B2

to make a part of your body feel sore, red, or painful.

刺激(皮膚/眼睛)

原始詞典資料4 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。

irritateverb詞源 1/ˈɪɹ.ɪˌteɪt/

  • 1

    To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.

    • If thou irritatest my lord, there will come to war against thee all the Getulians, Numidians, and Garamantes, Afric contains.
    • Thou scandalizest me and irritatest my nature as much as it possibly can be irritated.
  • 2

    To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.

  • 3

    To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).

irritateverb詞源 2/ˈɪɹ.ɪˌteɪt/

  • 1

    obsoleteTo render null and void.

    • c. 1634-1661 John Bramhall, Protestants' Ordination Defended Are human laws presently superfluous, so often as they do not irritate or abrogate Divine laws ?

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。