英:[ɪmˈbɪtə(r)]
美:[ɛmˈbɪtɚ]
英:[ɪmˈbɪtə(r)]
美:[ɛmˈbɪtɚ]
em·bit·ter
ihm bI tr
第三人称单数:embitters
现在分词:embittering
过去式:embittered
过去分词:embittered
embitterment (n.)
词根:embitter
n.embitterment 愤懑;加苦味
transitive verb
to make bitter the feelings or attitude of (someone).His father's harsh punishments served only to embitter him.
to make the flavor of (something) bitter or bitterer.
“使变苦”,约于1600年,源自 bitter (形容词) + em- (动词)。现在字面意义上的用法已罕见; 1630年代开始出现了“使苦涩或不快乐”的比喻意义。相关词汇: Embittered; embitterment 。
The first known use of embitter was in the 15th century
embitterverb
to make bitterespecially: to cause bitter feeling in
1 But embittered and paranoid, he was unable to take advantage of most opportunities that involved interactions with an art world he had come to loathe, in part because it didn’t embrace him.
2 But you get it: the joke is that this year’s depravity has permanently embittered us.
3 It's not that she is a gold digger -- if she were, she'd have happily taken Harry up on his offer -- only that she's angry and embittered enough to accept the blood money.
4 But with Republicans gaining control of the House and governor’s mansion the following year, that effort has since gone nowhere — embittering some unions against those who blocked it.
5 They head for the only destination they can imagine: New York City, where they will be successful yet bohemian, utterly unlike their embittered parents.
6 He became an atheist and an embittered critic of organized religion.
7 Joel L. Fletcher, an owner of Fletcher/Copenhaver Fine Art gallery in Fredericksburg, Va., which specializes in Ms. Aymé’s work, said the tragedies did not embitter her or quash her creativity.
8 Mr. Mosher was dismayed by how it all turned out, though he did not appear embittered.
9 The embittered suspect with a vendetta against a local newspaper the justice system had been simmering since 2011.
10 AP: What struck me most watching the film is that despite going through what would defeat or embitter most, you seem to have emerged with such joy and appreciation for life.
11 Maugham is often dismissed as a lightweight, but in this play he shows how even escapism could be turned into embittered social comment.
12 The unhappy decline that constituted the second act was, in Pastor’s view, an uncannily precise preview of the economic, social and political discontents that now embitter our national politics.
13 “You look like a jailer, Mama,” Alba would say, alarmed at this mania for insuring the future by embittering the present.
14 When he feels compelled to alert the city council to imminent danger, his embittered mother and fearful wife urge him not to rankle the powers that be.
15 But for Black athletes, like the Black players on England's men's team, these attacks from rabid, embittered "fans" take on the added dimension of racism and anti-Blackness.
16 Plagued by persistent alcoholism, he quickly gains the embittered aspect of a man whose life’s path took a wrong turn early on, and who unleashed his anger on everyone in his orbit.
17 “However little we understood of what we overheard, we nevertheless felt the atmosphere of embittered passion that was not only spreading in the streets but also surrounded every visitor to the apartment,” he writes.
18 Both these factors — creeping right-wing hysteria at home and cynical maneuvering abroad — combined to embitter Wisner’s operators.
19 He will try to embitter people about things that once offered hope and substitute cynical partisan tribalism for the old, imperfect idealism of one American Dream and destiny.
20 But it’s hard to develop much empathy for anyone, especially the quickly disillusioned Ruth, whom Ms. Schmidt portrays in an embittered, burned-out monotone for the entire last act.
1 使…恶化
3 苦恼
sick ghastly despondent suffering woe ill despondency nark repine distressed fretful narked pain trouble upset anguish albatross hang-up mind torture distress fret assail
6 怨恨
bitter embittered rancorous despite spite resentment venom gall malice grudge animosity rancor malevolence malignity rancour embitterment heartburning empoison be down on hard feelings down hate peeve rankle imbitter
7 加剧
intension exacerbate aggravate exasperate escalate inflame aggravating aggravation compound sharpen imbitter prick up
10 使痛苦
smart kill plague torment afflict scourge wring harrow vex trouble pinch agonize painful ferret gnaw try pain ride hurt murder rack punish torture distress sting wrench victimize pang fester goad rankle excruciate imbitter
12 激怒
pique provocation conniption cheese anger Rattle irritate outrage aggravate incense madden ruffle enrage rouse infuriate irk goad exasperate rankle nark mither rattle cage make blood boil get goat give the shits wild provocative choleric passion wroth needle provoke nettle rile freak nag rasp niggle rub the wrong way pink irate galling wrathful blood tear irritation wrath fume aggravation exacerbation grate inflame huff burn bug tempt gravel offend exacerbate gripe gall imbitter acerbate flare-up passionary blazing livid passional heat inflammation exasperation furor bate catfit fire flame explode blaze rattle ire blow a gasket fly out
14 愤怒
wrathful hot dark mental angry heated red-hot irate indignant livid ropeable dander wrath ire heat outrage fume resentment indignation huff choler wroth damn incense fire as cross as two sticks go up the wall wound up
16 痛苦
dolorous sore miserable anguished woe pain trial stress hurt torture distress sting wrench misery torment affliction calamity wormwood throe smart kill plague afflict scourge wring harrow vex trouble sweat pinch agonize painful sticky lousy grievous pained laboring distressful agonal tsoris misease cost wound suffering worm bitter endurance ache agony soreness pang displeasure ail travail twang twinge infliction gnawing sufferance stang excruciation anguish labor ferret gnaw harry try ride murder rack punish victimize fester goad rankle excruciate imbitter
17 苦
18 加重
cumulative ingravescence aggravation exacerbation accentuation press sharpen deepen aggravate punctuate exasperate
19 使恶化
aggravate exasperate cretify complicate worsen deteriorate exaggerate exacerbate accentuate deprave pejorate imbitter
20 恶化
downward rot regression degradation deterioration escalation degeneration aggravation worse decline sour deepen escalate deteriorate degenerate fester retrogress degrade exacerbate aggravate inflame downhill degenerative retrograde drop derogation declension retrogression worsen exasperate fray fall off go downhill pejorative retrogressive fall reversal perversion exasperation retrogradation slump backslide cretify complicate exaggerate accentuate deprave pejorate imbitter go backward
22 怨愤
23 使加剧
24 沮丧
blue disappointed depressed gloomy frayed dejected despondent glum crestfallen dispirited disconsolate depression frustration disappointment dismay heartbreak gloom letdown disappoint depress dishearten droop be in a funk get down weigh down down low upset frustrated melancholy sombre downcast rueful blues dejection let-down frustrate ruffle down in the dumps down in the mouth be cast down by be cast down put a damper on
25 的味道变苦
26 令人苦恼
28 使…的味道变苦