maddening
maddening 英 ['mædnɪŋ] 美 [ˈmædnɪŋ]
adj. 令人发狂的;使人恼火的 v. 发狂(madden的现在分词)
名词复数:maddenings
- Maddening things are extremely irritating: they make you mad. Some drivers have the maddening habit of following other cars too closely on the highway.
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- adj. 令人发狂的;使人恼火的
- v. 发狂(madden的现在分词)
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1. No longer will the national interest have to take its alleged inspiration from values—or, with maddening sophistry, be redefined to include almost anything.
国家利益将不再必须从价值中获得所谓“创新”——或者说是带着令人恼火的诡辩,国家利益被重新定义成几乎包括一切。
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2. While that brings greater efficiency to the process for employers, it can be awfully maddening for job seekers.
虽然这样给雇主带来了很高的效率,但是对求职者来说却可能是让人发狂的痛苦过程。
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3. The placebo effect is maddening, the nocebo effect moreso, but the research on how we make decisions, and are misled by heuristics and mental shortcuts, is the wildest of all.
安慰剂效应令人发狂,无安慰剂效应尤甚于此,然而对于我们如何做决定以及被启发所误导和心理捷径的研究,这才是疯狂中的最疯狂。
- maddening (adj.) 1743, from present participle of madden. Related: Maddeningly.
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