vex是什么意思，vex怎么用
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📰 外刊例句
For centuries it vexed medieval miners by looking like a valuable ore that subsequently turned into worthless—and sometimes noxious—rubble 中世纪的几百年里，它害苦了矿工——它看上去很像贵重的矿石，结果却是一钱不值的碎石块，有时还有毒。
—— 《经济学人》
—— 《纽约时报》
📖 基本释义
[verb] make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with
trivial
matters
[动词] 使（某人）感到恼火、沮丧或担忧，特别是在琐碎的事情上
💡 深入解读
Vex 是一个与熟词 sex 以及小站年初推送过的apex有着相同结尾的单词。该词源自拉丁语vexare（猛烈地摇晃、颠簸、抛掷），15世纪初经古法语vexer（惹恼、骚扰）进入英语后也是用来表示“使恼火、烦恼、忧虑”，常作正式用语使用，多指在琐碎的事情上使某人感到恼火、沮丧或担忧，常意味着一定程度的愤怒，但有时也意味着深深的困惑或焦虑，
比如：
It vexed me to think of others gossiping behind my back. So I contrived an intricate plan to get back at them.一想到别人在背后说我闲话，我就很恼火。于是我精心策划了一个错综复杂的方案来报复他们。
📚 名著用例
And when I returned, sometimes a good deal tired, and not a little weather-beaten, I never dared complain, because I saw that to murmur would be to vex him: on all occasions fortitude pleased him; the reverse was a special annoyance. 我回到家里，虽然有时风吹雨淋，疲惫不堪，但从不敢抱怨，因为我明白一嘀咕就会惹他生气。无论何时，你坚忍不拔，他会为之高兴，反之，则特别恼火。
— 出自《英国女作家夏洛蒂·勃朗特（Charlotte Brontë）创作的具有自传色彩的长篇小说《简·爱》（ Jane Eyre ）。》
🔍 同近义词
- aggravate: annoy or exasperate (someone), especially persistently
- annoy:
- irritate
- (someone); make (someone) a little angry
- infuriate: make (someone) extremely angry and impatient
