vexed
英 [vekst]
美 [vekst]
adj. (指问题等)棘手的,伤脑筋的; (指人)恼火,烦恼,伤脑筋
v. 使恼火; 使烦恼; 使忧虑
vex的过去分词和过去式
BNC.18900 / COCA.28691
牛津词典
adj.
- (指问题等)棘手的,伤脑筋的
a problem that is difficult to deal with- The conference spent days discussing the vexed question of border controls.
会议花了几天的时间讨论边境关卡这个难题。
- The conference spent days discussing the vexed question of border controls.
- (指人)恼火,烦恼,伤脑筋
upset or annoyed
柯林斯词典
- See also:Ministers have begun work on the vexed issue of economic union...Later Mr Moi raised the vexed question of refugees.vex
英英释义
adj
- causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution
- the vexed issue of priorities
- we live in vexed and troubled times
- troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
- harassed working mothers
- a harried expression
- her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions
- the vexed parents of an unruly teenager
双语例句
- I am so vexed that such a thing should have been discussed before that child.
这样的事情居然在那个小孩子面前讨论,使我很恼火。 - He had a vexed relationship with his mother-in-law.
他与岳母关系不和。 - It was a problem which vexed me for weeks.
这是个让我几周来一直烦恼的问题。 - I was vexed by the thingsthat people were always telling me that I must do.
人们总是告诉我说必须做这样做那样,我都给烦死了。 - He was vexed at his failure.
他因失败而懊恼。 - I was vexed at his conduct.
我早已为他的行为感到苦恼。 - Vexed as Edmund was with his mother and aunt, he was still more angry with himself.
埃德蒙虽然对母亲和姨妈不满,但他对自己更加气愤。 - I am vexed at his laziness [ his being lazy].
我为他的懒惰而恼火。 - This leads to the vexed issue of priorities.
这会引发哪些优先考虑这一争论不休的问题。 - I can't again vexed you, I will put you forever in the deep place in mind.
我不会再烦你,我会永远把你放在心灵最深处。