rankle

音标发音

• 英式音标 ['ræŋk(ə)l]
• 美式音标 [ˈræŋ.kəl]
• 国际音标 ['ræŋkl]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• vi. 化脓；怨恨；发炎
• vt. 使怨恨；使疼痛；使痛苦

词根记忆

• ran(跑) + kle(看作ankle，脚踝)→跑路扭伤了脚踝→怒了→激怒
• 阶级(rank)矛盾引起人民的怨恨(rankle)

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• Mr. Hu, of course, is hardly a helpless bystander to many of the decisions that rankle the United States.
  在众多惹恼美国的决定当中，胡先生当然不是一个无能为力的旁观者。
• But little things rankle, like not knowing if clothes are stained and needing help shopping for greeting cards.
  但是总有些小事让她不舒服，例如不知道衣服上有没有污渍，挑选贺卡的时候需要别人帮忙。
• The costs continued to rankle with those who thought manned space flight a waste of money, and three decades spent stuck in low-Earth orbit never stopped frustrating those who wanted to go farther.
  对那些把载人航天看成虚掷钱财的人来说，航天飞机的成本始终令他们心痛；而对那些梦想着远航的人来说，在近地轨道上浪费的三十年时间令他们心寒。

权威例句

• The copious apologies rankle some critics of the Iraq war, including retired Col.
  NPR: Secretary Gates Promises Changes at Walter Reed
• And, of course, the delay might rankle customers whose stuff was sitting on the tracks for an extra day.
  FORBES: On The Cover/Top Stories
• When prices were depressed and profits scarce foreign firms had to be lured with generous terms that now rankle.
  ECONOMIST: Prospecting for riches in the tax code

词组短语

短语

• rankle pacify 激怒
• rankle e 怨恨
• rankle at 对
• rankle and regret 抱怨懊悔
• rankle - pacify 抹不去的恨

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• to make someone annoyed or angry for a long time

柯林斯英英字典

• If an event or situation rankles, it makes you feel angry or bitter afterwards, because you think it was unfair or wrong.