galling

英 [ˈɡɔːlɪŋ]

美 [ˈɡɔːlɪŋ]

adj.  令人恼怒; 使人烦恼; 使人感到屈辱
v.  使烦恼，使愤怒(尤指因不公平引起)
gall的现在分词

现在分词：galling　

机械

BNC.21628 / COCA.24163

牛津词典

adj.

• 令人恼怒；使人烦恼；使人感到屈辱
  making you angry because it is unfair
  1. It was galling to have to apologize to a man she hated.
     令人恼火的是得向她憎恶的男人道歉。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 粗鲁；无礼；厚颜无耻
  If you say that someone hasthe gall todo something, you are criticizing them for behaving in a rude or disrespectful way.
  1. I daresay he thought he was above the law. I can't get over the gall of the fellow...
     我想他以为他能凌驾于法律之上，这家伙的蛮横无理真让人受不了。
  2. She had the gall to suggest that I might supply her with information about what Steve was doing.
     她竟然厚颜无耻地说或许我可以向她透露一些史蒂夫正在做的事。
• VERB （通常因某事不公平却无能为力）使烦恼，使恼怒
  If someone's actiongallsyou, it makes you feel very angry or annoyed, often because it is unfair to you and you cannot do anything about it.
  1. It must have galled him that Bardo thwarted each of these measures...
     巴多对每一项措施都加以阻挠，这一定让他十分气恼。
  2. It was their serenity which galled her most.
     最让她恼怒的是他们的平静。
• （植物体表因虫害等引起的）瘿瘤，虫瘿
  Agallis a growth on the surface of a plant that is caused by an insect, disease, fungus, or injury.

英英释义

adj

• causing irritation or annoyance
  1. tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
  2. aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
  3. found it galling to have to ask permission
  4. an irritating delay
  5. nettlesome paperwork
  6. a pesky mosquito
  7. swarms of pestering gnats
  8. a plaguey newfangled safety catch
  9. a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
  10. a vexatious child
  11. it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
  Synonym:annoyingbothersomeirritatingnettlesomepeskypesteringpestiferousplaguyplagueyteasingvexatiousvexing

双语例句

• Under this galling arrangement, lenders are paid handsome subsidies to make student loans that are virtually risk-free, since they are guaranteed by the government.
  这样的安排令借款人非常气恼，因为贷款人发放的助学贷款由联邦政府提供担保，实际是无风险的，而且贷款人还可以获得可观的补贴。
• There is no metal-to-metal contact, therefore gate galling is impossible.
  不存在金属对金属的接触，因此也就不可能出现闸板问题的困扰。
• Are you worried we beat her to make her galling?
  我是担心我们打败她令她下不来台吗？
• Personally, I find the case of chess most galling.
  就我个人而言，最烦恼的是没有人下象棋。
• This is really galling and humiliating.
  这真是奇耻大辱。
• Of course it is galling for Japan to be lectured by China, which has whitewashed much of its modern history, on the importance of historical accuracy.
  当然，在真实还原历史的重要性这个问题上，日本难免对粉饰了本国很大一部分近代史的中国的说教不服气。
• The galling fact for US oil producers is that their problems are exacerbated by regulations kept in place by their own government.
  让美国石油生产商感到难堪的事实是，让问题加剧的正是美国政府出台的监管法规。
• In markets rife with insider trading, the stunning first trading days were galling examples of how people with connections seemed to make all the money.
  在充斥着内幕交易的市场上，首日交易中股价的飙升是一个令人尴尬的例证：有关系的人看上去赚走了所有的钱。
• For this subject, we invent a new composite connection technology, which is a combo of mechanical connection and galling.
  汽车轻量化是全球汽车工业发展的趋势，本论文自主创新了一种新型复合连接&机械锁扣与粘接复合的连接方法。
• Particularly galling to her was his concept, enunciated first before the Pope at a scientific meeting at the Vatican, that the universe might be completely self-contained, having no boundary or edge, no beginning or end.
  尤其令她恼火的是，他在梵蒂冈的一次科学会议上竟首次当着教皇的面宣布说，宇宙是自成一体的，无边无界无始无终。