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irritate + sb
用于表示某事或某人使别人生气，通常指反复或持续的行为。
His constant complaining irritates me.
他不断地抱怨让我很恼火。
使恼怒；激怒
irritates — third person singular of irritate
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使恼怒；激怒
to make someone feel annoyed or angry
His constant complaining irritates me.
他不断地抱怨让我很恼火。
激怒；使恼火
To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.
引起不快或刺激
To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.
引起疼痛
To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).
irritate
Base
原形
irritates
3rd person
第三人称单数
irritating
-ing
现在分词
irritated
Past
过去式
irritated
Past participle
过去分词
The noise irritates me.
噪音激怒了我。
Loud chewing noises irritate me more than almost anything else.
大声嚼东西的声音比几乎其他任何事都更让我恼火。
I am easily irritated by people who are always late.
我很容易被总是迟到的人惹恼。
The new software update is irritating many users with its frequent pop-up messages.
新软件更新频繁弹出消息，正在让许多用户感到烦躁。
用于表示某事或某人使别人生气，通常指反复或持续的行为。
His constant complaining irritates me.
他不断地抱怨让我很恼火。
指引起身体部位的炎症或不适，常用于皮肤、眼睛等。
The new soap irritated my skin.
这款新肥皂刺激了我的皮肤。
被动形式强调受影响者的感受。
She was irritated by the constant noise.
她被持续的噪音惹恼了。
Not this
His constant complaining irritates.
Use this
His constant complaining irritates me.
及物动词 'irritate' 必须接宾语，表示'激怒某人'；缺少宾语导致句子不完整。
Not this
She always irritates to me when she talks loudly.
Use this
She always irritates me when she talks loudly.
'irritate' 是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词 'to'。
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激怒某人
His constant complaining irritated everyone in the office.
他不断的抱怨激怒了办公室里的每一个人。
刺激皮肤
This lotion may irritate sensitive skin.
这种乳液可能会刺激敏感皮肤。
容易生气
She is easily irritated by loud noises.
她容易被噪音惹恼。
刺激眼睛
Chlorine in swimming pools can irritate the eyes.
游泳池中的氯会刺激眼睛。
使某人极其恼火
His constant complaining irritated me to no end.
他不停地抱怨使我极其恼火。
把某人惹毛了
The loud music from next door is irritating the hell out of me.
隔壁的吵闹音乐快把我惹毛了。
Use irritates naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象“irri”像“一惹”，一惹到别人，对方就烦躁。
日常用法中表示“使烦躁”，较为中性；医学语境中表示“刺激（皮肤等）”，属于专业用法。总体而言，语域混合，多用于一般交流和医疗场合。
及物动词时表示'激怒'或'刺激（皮肤等）'；不及物动词时表示'引起不快'。
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