vexation
vexation 英 [vekˈseɪʃn] 美 [vɛkˈseʃən]
n. 苦恼；恼怒；令人烦恼的事
名词复数:vexations
- Vexation is both something that causes annoyance and the state of mind that results from being annoyed. The test-taker next to you tapping her pencil is a vexation. You breaking her pencil in half makes her feel vexation.
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- n. 苦恼；恼怒；令人烦恼的事
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1. Some people blame all his vexation for bad luck rather than lacking of competence.
有些人把自己所有的苦恼都归咎于运气不佳, 而不认为是缺乏能力。
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2. In her own past behaviour, there was a constant source of vexation and regret; and in the unhappy defects of her family a subject of yet heavier chagrin.
她经常为自己以往的行为感到苦恼和悔恨，家庭里面种种不幸的缺陷更叫她苦闷万分。
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3. A scheme of which every part promises delight, can never be successful; and general disappointment is only warded off by the defence of some little peculiar vexation.
十全十美的计划总不会成功；只有稍许带着几分苦恼，才可以大体上防止得了失望。
- vexation (n.) c. 1400, from Old French vexacion "abuse, harassment; insult, affront," or directly from Latin vexationem (nominative vexatio) "annoyance, harassing; distress, trouble," noun of action from past participle stem of vexare "to harass, trouble" (see vex).
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