vexation

n. 恼怒, 烦恼, 令人恼火的事情 [法] 招人烦恼的事物, 烦恼, 苦闷

发音

UK /vɛkˈseɪʃn̩/
其它
US /vɛkˈseɪʃən/

词形变化

vexations 复数 vexations

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.

    不可数 可数
  2. 2.

    The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.

    The action of physically annoying or irritating a person or an animal; (countable) an instance of this; also, a physical discomfort or disorder.

    不可数 可数
  3. 3.

    The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.

    The action of vexing or annoying someone by bringing unjustified legal proceedings against them; (countable) an instance of this.

    不可数 法律 可数
  4. 4.

    The state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; annoyance, irritation; also, disappointment, discontentment, unhappiness; (countable) an instance of this.

    不可数 可数
  5. 5.

    The state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; annoyance, irritation; also, disappointment, discontentment, unhappiness; (countable) an instance of this.

    The state of being mentally distressed or troubled.

    不可数 可数
  6. 6.

    The state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; annoyance, irritation; also, disappointment, discontentment, unhappiness; (countable) an instance of this.

    The state of being physically annoyed or irritated.

    不可数 可数
  7. 7.

    A source of mental distress or trouble; an affliction, a woe; also, a source of annoyance or irritation; an annoyance, an irritant.

    可数 不可数
  8. 8.

    The action of using force or violence on someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.

    废旧 不可数 可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 8

worry concern annoying headache irritation annoyance botheration chafe

上位词 4

anger ire mistreatment choler

下位词 10

business load burden temper harassment torment frustration bummer huff impatience

词源

From Late Middle English vexacioun, vexation (“physical suffering; act of inflicting trouble (specifically through unjustified legal action); anxiety, mental distress; mental disturbance”), from Anglo-Norman vexacion, vexation, Middle French vexacion, vexation (“distress, suffering; harassment (specifically through unjustified legal action)”), and Old French vexacion, vexation (“distress, suffering; harassment”) (modern French vexation), and from their etymon Latin vexātiō (“shaking or similar violent movement; (causing of) agitation, distress, suffering; harassment, persecution; trouble”), from vexātus + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs). Vexātus is the perfect passive participle of vexō (“to shake or jolt violently; to annoy, harass; to persecute; to trouble violently”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. By surface analysis, vex + -ation (suffix denoting an action or process or its result, or a quality or state). Doublet of quake.

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