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Indignant Unfair Gave Angry Indignation In'dignənt Adj.愤怒的,愤慨的 Situation

英语单词 indignant
英美音标 [in'dignənt]
中文释义 adj.愤怒的,愤慨的
vocab简明 When you're indignant, you're angry about an unfair situation. If you discovered that a teacher gave ten extra points on a test to all students who sat in the front row, you'd be indignant.
vocab扩展 Indignant is from Latin indignus "unworthy," and it refers to anger based on unworthy or unfair behavior rather than merely injury to one's own interests. You may be angry, even furious, if someone shoves you, but you are indignant if the shove is directed at someone weak or helpless. The related noun is indignation, and something that arouses indignation is an indignity.
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]愤怒的;愤慨的 If you are indignant, you are shocked and angry, because you think that something is unjust or unfair.
  [oft ADJ at/about n/-ing]
  • He is indignant at suggestions that they were secret agents...

    有人暗示他们可能是特务,这让他非常气愤。

  • MPs were indignant that the government had not consulted them...

    政府没有事先征求他们的意见,下院议员们感到很愤怒。

  • Sheena gave her an indignant look.

    希娜愤怒地看了她一眼。

indignantly
  • 'That is not true,' Erica said indignantly.

    “那不是真的,”埃丽卡愤怒地说。

来源 2003.3

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