vex
英 [veks]
美[v?ks]
- vt. 使煩惱；使困惑；使惱怒
- vi. 煩惱
TEM8CET4IELTSGRECET6常用詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?vexes;過去式:?vexed;過去分詞:?vexed;現在分詞:?vexing;形容詞:?vexing;
中文詞源
vex 煩惱
來自拉丁語vexo,搖晃，攪拌，來自PIE*gwog,搖動，轉，詞源同quake,引申義煩惱。
英文詞源
- vex
- vex: see vehicle
- vex (v.)
- early 15c., from Old French vexer "vex, harass" (14c.), from Latin vexare "to shake, jolt, toss violently;" figuratively "attack, harass, trouble, annoy," from vexus, collateral form of vectus, past participle of vehere "to draw, carry" (see vehicle). Related: Vexed; vexing.
雙語例句
- 1. I hope not, else he will vex my father.
- 我希望不是, 否則他要惹惱我父親了.
來自辭典例句
- 2. I didn't think to vex you by such a trifle.
- 我根本沒想用這種小事折磨你.
來自辭典例句
- 3. I wouldn't vex my darling, for the wide world's riches.
- 便是把全世界的財富給了我,我也不肯讓我的乖乖寶貝生氣的.
來自辭典例句
- 4. His silly chatter would vex a saint.
- 他說的話很無聊,多有涵養的人也得氣得發火.
來自辭典例句
- 5. I didn't vex my mind with the questions.
- 我也不去為這些問題多煩神.
來自辭典例句