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rile [sb] (up)
"rile up" 表示更加激怒。
His constant complaining riled me up.
他不停的抱怨惹怒了我。
惹怒；使恼火
riled — past of rile
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惹怒；使恼火
to annoy or disturb someone, especially by minor irritations
His constant complaining riled me up.
他不停的抱怨惹怒了我。
扰乱平静或秩序
To stir or move from a state of calm or order.
激怒
To make angry.
rile
Base
原形
riles
3rd person
第三人称单数
riling
-ing
现在分词
riled
Past
过去式
riled
Past participle
过去分词
He riles easily.
他很容易被惹恼。
The delay riled the passengers.
延误惹怒了乘客。
She is riling him with her comments.
她正在用评论激怒他。
He was riled by the noise.
他被噪音惹恼了。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
His constant whistling really riles me.
他不停地吹口哨真让我恼火。
The delay riled the passengers waiting at the gate.
延误让在登机口等候的乘客很恼火。
She tried not to let their rude comments rile her.
她尽量不让他们的粗鲁评论惹恼自己。
"rile up" 表示更加激怒。
His constant complaining riled me up.
他不停的抱怨惹怒了我。
被动形式很常用。
She was riled by his remarks.
她被他的言论激怒了。
指搅浑液体，较少用。
The storm riled the lake.
暴风雨搅浑了湖水。
Not this
I was rile by his rude behavior.
Use this
I was riled by his rude behavior.
“rile”是及物动词，过去分词为“riled”，在be动词后应用过去分词表示被动状态，不能使用原形。
Not this
He riles very easily.
Use this
He gets riled very easily.
“rile”是及物动词，需要宾语；表示“容易生气”时常用get riled的被动结构或使用短语“get riled up”，不能直接用作不及物动词。
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激怒某人；惹恼某人
The teasing riled him up.
那些嘲笑把他惹恼了。
变得恼火；被激怒
She gets riled up about injustice.
她遇到不公就会非常恼火。
被……惹恼
He was riled by the delay.
他因延误而恼火。
激怒人群
His harsh words riled the crowd.
他刺耳的话激怒了人群。
激怒，惹恼
The unfair decision riled up the whole team.
这个不公平的决定激怒了整个团队。
变得恼火，动怒
Try not to get riled up over small things.
尽量不要为小事动怒。
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把 ri 想成水面涟漪：平静的水被搅浑（rile the water），人也跟着上火——rile 就是激怒、惹恼。
语域：informal 常见场景：日常口语、社交媒体评论、朋友间交谈约、随意新闻报道 rile 多用于非正式场合，表示“惹恼、激怒”，语气较强且带口语色彩；正式写作或严谨文体中通常不用，可改用 irritate、annoy 或 provoke。
These words all rhyme with rile (/raɪl/): mile, pile, file, style, while, and smile. Beware of lookalikes with different pronunciations, e.g., 'milk' (/mɪlk/), 'silent' (/ˈsaɪlənt/), and 'polite' (/pəˈlaɪt/)—they share letters but not the exact final sound.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.