stew over sth
表示对某事反复思量、感到焦虑或生气，常与 over 或 about 连用。
She spent the whole night stewing over his rude comment.
她整晚都在为他那句无礼的评论而生气烦恼。
焦虑不安；十分恼火
stewing — present participle of stew
热得难受；闷热难熬；赌气；绷着脸沉默；泡茶过久；把（茶）闷泡过浓；泡茶时间过长,导致味道过浓；在不舒服的高温下受苦
to feel very anxious or angry
常指心里憋着，不直接表达
泡茶时间过长,导致味道过浓
To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
在不舒服的高温下受苦
To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
处于高度焦虑或愤怒的状态
To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
生气不语；闷闷不乐
be in a huff; be silent or sullen
一般现在时
He stews over minor problems.
他为小问题而生闷气。
一般过去时
She stewed in silence after the argument.
争吵后她沉默地生闷气。
现在进行时
They are stewing about the decision.
他们正为这个决定而闷闷不乐。
规则动词，意为‘生闷气’
He didn't yell at me; he just stewed silently for hours after the argument.
他没有冲我大喊大叫；争吵后他只是默默地生了好几个小时的气。
用法提示：stewed 是动词 stew 的过去式，表示因生气而沉默不语、闷闷不乐。
If you keep stewing about that small mistake, you'll only make yourself unhappy.
如果你一直为那个小错误闷闷不乐，只会让自己不高兴。
用法提示：stewing 是现在分词，与 about 连用，表示对某事暗自生气、耿耿于怀。
She stewed in her room all afternoon after being left out of the plan.
被排除在计划之外后，她整个下午都待在房间里生闷气。
用法提示：stewed 是过去式，后接地点状语，表示独自闷闷不乐、不说话。
表示对某事反复思量、感到焦虑或生气，常与 over 或 about 连用。
She spent the whole night stewing over his rude comment.
她整晚都在为他那句无礼的评论而生气烦恼。
表示在闷热、拥挤等不舒服的环境中忍受煎熬，如 stew in the heat/traffic。
We were stewing in the hot car while waiting for the ferry.
我们在闷热的车里等着渡轮，热得难受。
意为让某人独自烦恼或生气，不去安慰或干预。
I decided to let him stew for a while before calling back.
我决定让他先自己焦虑一会儿再回电话。
fume 侧重外露的恼怒，常表现为激动或抱怨；stew 则更强调内心长时间煎熬。
seethe 语气更强，指压抑着的极度愤怒；stew 可用于焦虑或愤怒，程度较轻。
fret 主要侧重于焦虑担忧，常因小事反复不安；stew 可兼指生气和焦虑。
brood 着重长时间闷着想同一件不愉快的事；stew 更强调烦躁情绪本身。
agonize 语气很重，指为某事痛苦挣扎很长时间；stew 更口语化，程度较轻。
grammar · medium
易错句子I am stew about the result.
正确表达I am stewing about the result.
stew 是动词，不是形容词；表示“持续焦虑/生气”这种正在发生的状态时，be 后面要用现在分词 stewing，不能用原形。汉语形容词可直接说“我很焦虑”，英语动词不能这样跟在 be 后。
grammar · medium
易错句子We were stewing under the hot weather.
正确表达We were stewing in the hot weather.
表示“在炎热天气里闷热难熬”时，英语用 in the hot weather，不用 under the hot weather。汉语“在……下”常对应 under，但英语中 under 不能直接接 weather，这里应用 in。
grammar · medium
易错句子She always stew over small things.
正确表达She always stews over small things.
一般现在时中，第三人称单数主语（she）后的动词要加 -s，所以用 stews。汉语动词没有这种人称变化，容易漏掉 -s。
针对stew作动词表示“焦虑不安、生气或闷闷不乐”的义项；若指“长时间泡茶”或“热得难受”，则没有直接反义词。
自作自受；自食其果
After failing the exam, he was left to stew in his own juice.
考试不及格后，他只能自食其果。
为某事焦虑；对某事耿耿于怀
She stewed over his rude comment all evening.
她整个晚上都在为他的粗鲁评论而生气。
让茶泡太久
Don't let the tea stew for more than five minutes.
不要让茶泡超过五分钟。
在炎热中受煎熬
We stewed in the heat of the traffic jam.
我们在交通堵塞中热得难受。
闷声生闷气
He stewed in silence after the argument.
争吵后他闷声生闷气。
自作自受；自食其果
After insulting the whole team, he was left to stew in his own juices.
他辱骂了整个团队之后，没人管他，只能自食其果。
为……闷闷不乐；反复焦虑地琢磨
Stop stewing over their criticism and get back to work.
别再为他们的批评闷闷不乐了，回去工作吧。
让某人自己着急/生气，不去理会
She'll come around; just let her stew for a while.
她会回心转意的，先让她自己生一会儿气吧。
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怒火中烧
She stewed with anger at the unfair treatment.
她对不公平的待遇怒火中烧。