Word · Frequency #23029

piquing

/piːk/

verb

激起；引发；刺激

piquing is the present participle of pique.

To stimulate or excite (a feeling, especially curiosity or interest); to rouse (someone) to action.

1.
To wound the pride of (someone); to excite to anger; to irritate, to offend.
伤害(某人)的自尊；激怒；冒犯。
2.
To excite (someone) to action, especially by causing jealousy, resentment, etc.; also, to stimulate (an emotion or feeling, especially curiosity or interest).
通过引起嫉妒、怨恨等激发(某人)行动；也指刺激(情感,尤指好奇或兴趣)。
3.
To pride (oneself) on something.
以某事为荣。
4.
To take pride in.
感到自豪。
5.
To excite to action, especially by causing jealousy, resentment, etc.; also, to stimulate an emotion or feeling, especially curiosity or interest.
通过引起嫉妒、怨恨等激发行动；也指刺激情感,尤指好奇或兴趣。

使生气；伤…的自尊；激怒；以…自豪；为…感到骄傲；伤害(某人)的自尊；激怒；冒犯。；通过引起嫉妒、怨恨等激发(某人)行动；也指刺激(情感,尤指好奇或兴趣)。；以某事为荣。

In use

His rude comments piqued her pride.

他粗鲁的评论伤了她的自尊心。

She was piqued by his lack of appreciation.

他的不赏识让她感到愤怒。

The criticism piqued him deeply.

那批评深深激怒了他。

base pique · third person piques · -ing piquing · past piqued · past participle piqued

常用于表达引起兴趣或不满。

pique someone's curiosity: 激起某人的好奇心; The mysterious letter piqued her curiosity.那封神秘的信激起了她的好奇心。
pique someone's interest: 引起某人的兴趣; The documentary piqued my interest in ancient history.这部纪录片引起了我对古代史的兴趣。
pique someone's jealousy: 激起某人的嫉妒; His success piqued his rival's jealousy.他的成功激起了对手的嫉妒。
pique oneself on/upon something: 以某事自豪; She piques herself on her ability to speak five languages.她以能讲五种语言而自豪。
pique someone's pride: 伤害某人的自尊; Their criticism piqued his pride.他们的批评伤害了他的自尊。

音近“匹克”，想象对手的挑衅被你视为“匹克”一击：既刺伤自尊，又激起好奇和行动欲。

语域：formal 常见场景：文学与书面叙述、正式演讲或评论、新闻报道或说明文字该词多用于书面语或正式场合，表示“激起(兴趣/好奇心)”或“伤自尊”。口语中较少见，日常对话更常用arouse、stimulate或hurt someone's pride。

这些词都以 -ique 结尾，读音含 /iːk/，与 pique /piːk/ 押韵。注意拼写中的 -ique 读 /iːk/，不要读成 /ɪk/；另外 clique 在英式读 /kliːk/，美式常读 /klɪk/，并非总与 pique 押韵。

页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。

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