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in exasperation
in exasperation 作状语，表示“恼怒地”。
She threw her hands up in exasperation.
她恼怒地举起双手。
令人恼怒的事物；使人恼火的原因
exasperations — plural of exasperation
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令人恼怒的事物；使人恼火的原因
Actions that cause great irritation or even anger.
She threw her hands up in exasperation.
她恼怒地举起双手。
激怒；恼怒；愤怒
The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
加剧；恶化；加重
Increase of violence or malignity; aggravation; exacerbation.
Her exasperation was clear when she slammed the door.
她摔门时，恼怒显而易见。
He sighed in exasperation at the repeated delays.
面对一再的延误，他恼怒地叹了口气。
The constant noise from the street added to my exasperation.
街上持续的噪音加重了我的恼怒。
in exasperation 作状语，表示“恼怒地”。
She threw her hands up in exasperation.
她恼怒地举起双手。
to one's exasperation 常放在句首，引出令某人恼火的事。
To his exasperation, the meeting started late again.
令他恼火的是，会议又晚开始了。
exasperation 后接 at 或 with，表示对某事或某人的恼怒。
He expressed his exasperation with the slow internet connection.
他表达了对网速缓慢的恼怒。
Not this
She was full of exasperation to her colleague.
Use this
She was full of exasperation with her colleague.
表示“对某人的恼怒”时，exasperation 后用介词 with 或 at，不用 to。to 一般表示方向或对象，不能表达“对其人感到恼怒”的情绪指向。
Not this
He felt an exasperation at the delay.
Use this
He felt exasperation at the delay.
exasperation 在表示“恼怒”这种情绪时为不可数名词，不加不定冠词 an；只有当它指“令人恼怒的事”时才是可数的（an exasperation / exasperations）。这里说的是情绪，所以应省略冠词。
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恼怒地；气恼地
She left the room in exasperation after the argument.
争吵之后，她气恼地离开了房间。
极其恼怒；十足的恼火
He slammed the door in sheer exasperation.
他极其恼怒地摔了门。
表达恼怒；发泄怒气
Workers expressed their exasperation with the new policy at the meeting.
工人们在会上表达了对新政策的气恼。
对……的恼怒；对……的恼火
Her exasperation with the constant delays was hard to miss.
她对一再延误的恼怒很难不被注意到。
恼怒的叹息；气恼的叹气
With a sigh of exasperation, she explained it again.
她气恼地叹了口气，又解释了一遍。
Use exasperations naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆联想：exasperation 与 desperation 只差几个字母，后者是绝望，前者是恼怒；想象一个人被反复惹到恼怒炸毛，而不是绝望。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literature exasperation 通常见于正式或书面语境，口语中更常说 annoyance 或 frustration。它既可指“恼怒”的情绪，也可指“让人恼火的原因”。
以上六词都以 /ˈteɪʃən/ 或 /ˈreɪʃən/ 结尾，与 exasperation 词尾 -ation 的读音 /ˈreɪʃən/ 押韵。注意形近异音词：exasperate 读作 /ɪɡˈzæspəreɪt/，结尾不是 /-reɪʃən/；ration 读作 /ˈræʃən/，也不与这些 -ation 词押韵。
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