stew in one's own juice
collocation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。
焦虑不安；十分恼火
stews — third person singular of stew
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焦虑不安；十分恼火
to feel very anxious or angry
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。
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
stew
Base
原形
stews
3rd person
第三人称单数
stewing
-ing
现在分词
stewed
Past
过去式
stewed
Past participle
过去分词
He stews over minor problems.
他为小问题而生闷气。
She stewed in silence after the argument.
争吵后她沉默地生闷气。
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’
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。
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。
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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。
怒火中烧
She stewed with anger at the unfair treatment.
她对不公平的待遇怒火中烧。
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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stew 与 brew 同韵：茶泡太久发苦（stewed tea）；人在高温或怒火中煎熬、赌气沉默，也像被闷着 stew。
语域：informal 常见场景：日常对话、个人随笔、非正式邮件 stew 表示“高度焦虑或愤怒”时，通常属于非正式用语，多用于口语或随意的书面表达，如个人随笔、非正式邮件；正式或学术性文章一般不这样用。
blew、blue、drew、grew、true 都与 stew 押韵，读音为 /uː/。注意 sew 拼写相似，但读作 /soʊ/，并不押韵。
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