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be irritable
描述常态，be动词随主语变化。
He is often irritable in the morning.
他早上经常易怒。
容易生气的；爱发脾气的
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容易生气的；爱发脾气的
getting annoyed easily; quick to become angry or upset
He is often irritable in the morning.
他早上经常易怒。
能被激怒的。
Capable of being irritated.
易怒的
easily irritated or annoyed
易被激怒的,易烦躁的。
Easily exasperated or excited.
对刺激异常敏感的
abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
After a sleepless night, he was very irritable and snapped at everyone.
一夜未眠后，他非常易怒，对每个人都发火。
The constant noise from the construction site made the residents irritable.
建筑工地的持续噪音让居民们变得烦躁易怒。
She tends to get irritable when she's hungry.
她饿了的时候容易变得急躁。
描述常态，be动词随主语变化。
He is often irritable in the morning.
他早上经常易怒。
表示状态变化，become/get后接形容词。
She became irritable after working for hours.
她工作数小时后变得易怒。
The patient was irritable with the nurses.
那个病人对护士们脾气急躁。
Not this
He has irritable.
Use this
He is irritable.
irritable 是形容词，不能用作名词，不需要用 have。应直接使用 be 动词加形容词。
Not this
He is very irritating recently.
Use this
He is very irritable recently.
irritating 表示令人恼怒的，而 irritable 表示易怒的。误将 irritating 代替 irritable 会改变句意。描述某人性情急躁应使用 irritable。
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肠易激综合征
Stress can make the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome worse.
压力会加重肠易激综合征的症状。
感到烦躁
I feel irritable when I haven't eaten for a long time.
我长时间不吃饭时会感到烦躁。
使某人烦躁
Lack of sleep can make people irritable.
睡眠不足会使人烦躁。
对某人易怒
She's a little irritable with everyone today.
她今天对谁都有点不耐烦。
烦躁哭闹的婴儿
An irritable baby may just need to be held or comforted.
烦躁哭闹的婴儿可能只是需要抱抱或安抚。
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联想 irritate（激怒）+ able（能）→ 容易被激怒、一点就着的人。
语域：neutral 常见场景：everyday conversation、describing someone's mood or temperament 表示“易怒、爱发脾气”时通常为中性，日常口语和书面语都比较常见；若指医学或生物学上的“对刺激异常敏感”或“能对刺激作出反应”，则多用于专业语境。
常用于系动词后，后接with+人表示对某人生气，后接about+事表示因某事烦躁
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