Word · Frequency #19072
chagrin
/ˈʃægrin/
verb
使懊恼；使难堪
to make someone feel annoyed, disappointed, or embarrassed
- 1.
To bother or vex; to mortify.
使烦恼；使窘迫
使烦恼；使窘迫；使懊恼
In use
His failure to win the award chagrined him deeply.
She was chagrined by the public criticism of her work.
The mistake chagrined the team, but they quickly moved on.
Verb forms
base chagrin · third person chagrins · -ing chagrining · past chagrined · past participle chagrined
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- be chagrined by
- 因…而感到懊恼
- She was chagrined by her careless mistake.她因自己粗心的错误而感到懊恼。
- feel chagrined
- 感到懊恼；觉得难堪
- He felt chagrined when he realized he had forgotten her birthday.当他意识到自己忘了她的生日时，他感到很懊恼。
- deeply chagrined
- 深感懊恼
- The committee was deeply chagrined by the failure of the event.委员会因活动失败而深感懊恼。
- chagrined to discover
- 懊恼地发现
- I was chagrined to discover that the train had already left.我懊恼地发现火车已经开走了。
- slightly chagrined
- 略感懊恼
- She was slightly chagrined at being left out of the discussion.她因未被纳入讨论而略感懊恼。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
词尾 grin（咧嘴笑）：被弄得难堪时只能挤出苦笑，这种窘迫烦恼就是 chagrin。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式书面语、文学作品中 chagrin 作动词时属于正式用词，多用于书面或文学语境，表示“使懊恼、使窘迫”；日常口语中更常用 annoy 或 embarrass 来表达相近含义。
Grammar Note
常与at或by连用表示原因
Pronunciation & Spelling
chagrin 读作 /ˈʃæɡrɪn/，重音在第一音节。没有与之完全押韵的常用词（需以 /æɡrɪn/ 结尾并重读该音节）。bag（/bæɡ/）和 shaggy（/ˈʃæɡi/）的 /æɡ/ 与 chagrin 的重读元音及随后的辅音相同，但不是整词押韵。注意形近词 grin（/ɡrɪn/）拼写与 chagrin 的结尾相同，但它单独出现时重读，与 chagrin 的重音位置不同，因此不构成整词押韵。
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