maddening

英 [ˈmædnɪŋ]

美 [ˈmædnɪŋ]

adj.  令人生气的; 让人沮丧的; 使人恼火的
v.  使非常生气; 使发疯
madden的现在分词

现在分词：maddening　

BNC.34307 / COCA.23585

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 令人生气的；让人极为沮丧的；使人极其恼火的
  If you describe something asmaddening, you mean that it makes you feel angry, irritated, or frustrated.
  1. Shopping in the January sales can be maddening...
     在元月促销期间购物可能会让人大为恼火。
  2. It is, in its way, a maddening biography.
     客观来说，这部传记很是令人气愤。

英英释义

adj

• extremely annoying or displeasing
  1. his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating
  2. I've had an exasperating day
  3. her infuriating indifference
  4. the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening
  Synonym:exasperatinginfuriatingvexing

双语例句

• How maddening it was to be so hot and not to be able to bathe.
  天气这么热可又不能洗澡，真叫人恼火。
• The music became maddening now.
  音乐现在变得急骤了。
• The hours he spent with Ruth were maddening alike in promise and in inconclusiveness.
  他跟露丝一起度过的时光给了他希望，却并无结果。两者都急得他发疯。
• He gave her that maddening smile of his.
  他对她露出了令她痴狂的微笑。
• The most maddening thing of all is that this snake in the grass can strike at any time.
  最让人受不了的是，这尾隐藏在草丛里的蛇随时都可能会出击。
• Even though many times before, you never did escape the maddening abysm.
  尽管此前多次，你从未真正走出这狂乱的深渊。
• And maintained its tenacious grip, almost maddening me with fear.
  而且还是紧紧抓住我，简直要把我吓疯了。
• Suspended between innocence and collusion, Chloe's every gesture became imbued with maddening significance.
  克洛艾每一个姿势的意蕴都悬浮在纯真和诱惑之间，满含令人疯狂的意义。
• I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free; and laughing at injuries, not maddening under them!
  但愿我重新是个女孩子，野蛮、顽强、自由，任何伤害只会使我大笑，不会压得我发疯！
• The EU is its embodiment in all its maddening but often useful complexity.
  欧盟是其所有令人发狂但经常是有用的复杂性的体现。