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madden somebody/something
The disrespect maddens him.
这种不尊重激怒了他。
使生气；激怒
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使生气；激怒
To make someone very angry.
The disrespect maddens him.
这种不尊重激怒了他。
使愤怒
To make angry.
使疯狂；使充满激情
To make insane; to inflame with passion.
madden
Base
原形
maddens
3rd person
第三人称单数
maddening
-ing
现在分词
maddened
Past
过去式
maddened
Past participle
过去分词
The constant noise maddens me.
持续的噪音使我发狂。
His rude behavior maddened everyone at the party.
他粗鲁的行为激怒了派对上的所有人。
The delay has maddened the passengers.
延误已经使乘客们发狂。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
The constant noise from the construction site maddens the residents.
建筑工地持续不断的噪音使居民们发狂。
Her refusal to listen maddened him beyond reason.
她拒绝倾听让他失去理智地发狂。
Delays and excuses are maddening when you need a quick decision.
当你需要快速决定时，拖延和借口简直让人发狂。
The disrespect maddens him.
这种不尊重激怒了他。
常用被动语态。
The crowd was maddened by the referee's decision.
人群被裁判的判决激怒了。
maddening 可用作形容词。
The constant interruptions are maddening.
不断的打断令人抓狂。
Not this
He madded me with his behavior.
Use this
He maddened me with his behavior.
错误地将“mad”用作动词，误以为其过去式是“madded”。正确动词为“madden”，过去式为“maddened”。
Not this
I feel madden about the noise.
Use this
I feel maddened by the noise.
错误地将“madden”用作形容词，应为过去分词“maddened”表示状态；且介词“about”应改为“by”引出施动者。
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被……激怒；因……而狂躁
She was maddened by the relentless criticism.
她被无情的批评激怒了。
觉得某事令人抓狂
I find her constant lateness absolutely maddening.
我觉得她老是迟到实在令人抓狂。
令人恼火的延误
The maddening delay made us miss the beginning of the show.
令人恼火的延误让我们错过了演出的开头。
以恼人地高频率
He interrupts me with maddening regularity.
他打断我的频率高得令人恼火。
让某人大为恼火的是……
It maddens me that the store never has what I need.
让我大为恼火的是，这家店总是没有我要的东西。
Use madden naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记住 madden 像 mad（疯/怒）+ den（窝）：把野兽逼进窝里，它就会发狂发怒，也就是 make mad。让人愤怒、发疯。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary narrative madden 作动词表示“激怒”时，多用于书面语或文学叙事，日常口语中较少单独这样用，更常说 annoy 或 drive someone crazy。语气较强，常用于强调极度不满或抓狂的感觉。
Can be used transitively (e.g., 'The noise maddens me') or intransitively (e.g., 'He maddens at the slightest provocation').
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.