chagrin

英 [ˈʃæɡrɪn]

美 [ʃəˈɡrɪn]

n.  失望; 恼怒; 烦恼; 懊恼
vt.  使懊恼; 使懊丧; 使悔恨

现在分词：chagrining　过去式：chagrined　第三人称单数：chagrins　过去分词：chagrined　

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BNC.19072 / COCA.16105

牛津词典

noun

• 失望；恼怒；烦恼；懊恼
  a feeling of being disappointed or annoyed

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 懊恼;窝火;失望
  Chagrinis a feeling of disappointment, upset, or annoyance, perhaps because of your own failure.
  1. One of the first things we did when we moved in, to the chagrin of the architect, was to replace the leaded windows.
     让建筑师大为懊恼的是，我们搬进去最先做的事情之一就是换掉了花饰铅条窗。

英英释义

noun

• strong feelings of embarrassment
  Synonym:humiliationmortification

verb

• cause to feel shame
  1. He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
  Synonym:humiliatemortifyhumbleabase

双语例句

• Thomas discovered to his great chagrin that he was broke.
  托马斯十分懊恼地发现自己破产了。
• The job, which involved the transcription of oral history tapes, had about it a quality of penance that suited me, though after a time I discovered to my chagrin that I was having fun.
  这份工作是把口述历史录音带用文字记录下来，而这倒是有一种对我很相宜的苦修味道，尽管过了一阵子，我不无懊恼地发现，我正乐在其中。
• As his eye passed hastily over the words, his countenance changed from its look of military pride to one of deep chagrin.
  当他的目光急急地从一行行字上掠过时，脸上那军人高傲神情，也跟着变成了深深的悔恨与失望。
• Causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation.
  使人觉得羞愧、懊恼和恼怒。
• Much to my wife's chagrin, I spend a lot of time on the blog.
  出乎我的妻子的懊恼，我花了很多时间的博客。
• He noted with chagrin how little hair clung to his head.
  他苦恼地发现原来他头上的毛发是那麽的稀疏。
• The deals were also leaked, to the professed chagrin of advisors on both sides.
  双方顾问均公开表示恼火的是，两笔交易都曾走漏了风声。
• He took the book, to Paul's immense chagrin, and began the copying himself.
  他拿过薄子自己抄起来，弄得保罗十分沮丧。
• Do not have no sirens confidant and chagrin, I am your confidant sirens!
  不要为没有红颜知己而懊恼，我就是你的红颜知己！
• One of the first things we did when we moved in, to the chagrin of the architect, was to replace the leaded windows.
  让建筑师大为懊恼的是，我们搬进去最先做的事情之一就是换掉了花饰铅条窗。