miff someone
及物动词，后接被惹恼的人。
His rude remark miffed me.
他粗鲁的言论惹恼了我。
有点不高兴；生气；轻微冒犯；变得略微不悦。；使恼怒；恼羞成怒
To offend or annoy someone slightly.
及物用法
轻微冒犯
To offend slightly.
变得略微不悦。
To become slightly offended.
一般现在时
He often miffs his colleagues with his blunt remarks.
他常因直言不讳而惹恼同事。
一般过去时
Her comment miffed him deeply.
她的评论深深惹恼了他。
现在完成时
I have accidentally miffed my boss.
我无意中惹恼了老板。
常用于被动结构 be miffed
Her rude comment miffed me.
她粗鲁的评论惹恼了我。
用法提示：miffed 作为及物动词的过去式，表示'使恼怒'。
He was miffed when his idea was ignored.
当他的想法被忽视时，他恼羞成怒。
用法提示：was miffed 是被动结构，表示'被激怒'。
The constant delays are miffing the passengers.
不断的延误正在激怒乘客。
用法提示：are miffing 是现在进行时，表示'正在使恼怒'。
及物动词，后接被惹恼的人。
His rude remark miffed me.
他粗鲁的言论惹恼了我。
常用被动结构，表示对某事不满。
She was miffed about the cancellation.
她对取消感到恼怒。
也可接with表示对某人生气。
He was miffed with his colleague for the mistake.
他因错误对同事感到恼火。
grammar · medium
易错句子I miffed when he ignored me.
正确表达I was miffed when he ignored me.
miff是及物动词，意为‘使恼怒’，常用被动结构‘be miffed (at/about sth)’表示‘因某事而恼怒’。直接用‘I miffed’是错误的，因为miff不能单独用作不及物动词表示‘生气’。
grammar · medium
易错句子She was miffed to his comment.
正确表达She was miffed at his comment.
表示‘因某事恼怒’时，介词常用at或about，而不是to。‘be miffed at sth’是正确搭配。
annoy 更通用，可指任何程度的打扰；miff 更口语化且指轻微不满，常用于非正式场合
发音相近，但 miss 为/ mɪs /，miff 为/ mɪf /；意思完全不同，miss 表示未能击中、错过或思念
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