irritate


vt. 刺激,使兴奋;激怒

vi. 引起恼怒,引起不愉快

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中文词源

irritate 刺激,使烦恼

来自拉丁语irritus,刺激,煽动,激怒,可能来自ir-,进入,使,-rit,宗教仪式,词源同rite,ritual.引申词义召唤鬼神,诅咒,刺激。

英文词源

irritate (v.)
1530s, "stimulate to action, rouse, incite," from Latin irritatus, past participle of irritare "excite, provoke." An earlier verb form was irrite (mid-15c.), from Old French irriter. Meaning "annoy, make impatient" is from 1590s. Related: Irritated; irritating.

中文解释

1. rise => ris- => rit- "rise, stir up, set in motion, excite".2. ir- (in- "into, in, on, upon") + rit- "rise, stir up, set in motion, excite" + -ate.3. => stimulate to action, provoke, incite. (其构词原理与 incite 差不多,incite => 字面含义:make motion(激发、刺激而使其活动)。)4. => annoy, make impatient.5. 该的第二层含义:ir- "not" + rit- (from ratus "fixed by calculation; determined; approved; certain, sure; valid" (past participle adjective from reri "reckon, think;" see rate, reason)) + -ate.

实用例句

1. Wear rubber gloves while chopping chillies as they can irritate the skin.
切辣椒时要戴橡胶手套,因为辣椒会刺激皮肤。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Her uncritical acceptance of everything I said began to irritate me.
我说什么她都不论对错一概接受,这倒惹我不耐烦起来。
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3. Don't irritate her, she's on a short fuse today.
别惹她, 她今天动不动就发火.
来自辞典例句
4. These tight shoes irritate my toes.
我的鞋太紧,夹痛我的脚趾.
来自辞典例句
5. Today, her chirping enthusiasms did not irritate Lily.
今天她在丽莉耳旁叽叽喳喳说的那些热情话并没惹丽莉发火.
来自辞典例句

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