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Madden Ed Verb Mad Means Drive Make 英

英语单词 madden
英美音标 英 ['mædn] 美 ['mædn]
中文释义 v.使发狂;激怒
英语例句 (1) You madden me when you talk of the Diamond!
(2) The delays maddened him.
中文例句 (1) 您一提起宝石,我就火冒三丈!
(2) 一再的延误让他生气。
vocabulary简明 Use the verb madden when something exasperates you or drives you up a wall. Terrible traffic when you're late for an appointment is sure to madden you.
vocabulary扩展 If something makes you mad or gets on your nerves, it maddens you. If your dogs tend to madden you, it means that they drive you crazy. When you madden your dogs, you get them so riled up that they run around the house barking. The earliest use of the verb was literally "to make mad or insane," though by the early 1800's it meant "to drive to distraction."
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]使极为恼火;使狂怒 To madden a person or animal means to make them very angry.
  [V n]
  [V-ed]
  • He knew that what he was saying did not reach her. And the knowledge of it maddened him...

    他知道她没有听他的话,这让他大为光火。

  • He is calmed by a lullaby, but maddened by any sudden loud noise.

    他在催眠曲的安抚下平静下来,但任何突发的巨响又会让他大发脾气。

  • ...the maddened dogs.

    被激怒的狗群

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