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

过去分词：vexed　过去式：vexed　

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
  1. 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。
• （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
  1. the vexed issue of priorities
  2. we live in vexed and troubled times
• troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
  1. harassed working mothers
  2. a harried expression
  3. her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions
  4. the vexed parents of an unruly teenager
  Synonym:annoyedharassedharriedpestered

双语例句

• 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。
• She was vexed that I was late.
  她嗔怪我来晚了。
• No one would go with him or even speak to him, and that vexed him all the more.
  没人愿意跟他一起去，甚至没人同他讲话，这使得他更加烦恼。
• He had a vexed relationship with his mother-in-law.
  他与岳母关系不和。
• I could not understand, and was vexed.
  我无法理解，而且懊恼异常。
• 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。
• I was vexed at his behaviour.
  我对他们的行为很恼火。
• 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。
• His conduct vexed his mother.
  他的行为使他母亲感到苦恼。
• But I have been vexed, because you wouldn't come.
  可是我苦恼过，因为你不肯来。