Word · Frequency #19072
chagrining
使懊恼；使难堪
chagrining is the present participle of chagrin.
核心释义
to make someone feel annoyed, disappointed, or embarrassed
- 1.
使烦恼；使窘迫
To bother or vex; to mortify.
使烦恼；使窘迫；使懊恼
用法In use
His failure to win the award chagrined him deeply.
用法提示：句中chagrined为动词过去式，表示“使懊恼”，带宾语him。
She was chagrined by the public criticism of her work.
用法提示：was chagrined为被动语态，表示“被使懊恼”，强调状态。
The mistake chagrined the team, but they quickly moved on.
用法提示：chagrined为及物动词过去式，主语the mistake使宾语the team懊恼。
be chagrined by sth
常用被动形式，后接 by 引出令人懊恼的原因。
He was chagrined by the poor reviews of his first novel.
他因第一部小说受到的差评而懊恼。
be chagrined to do sth
后接不定式，表示因发现或意识到某事而感到懊恼。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
语法说明Grammar Note
常与at或by连用表示原因
发音与拼写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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