| 英语单词 | rile |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [raɪl] 美 [raɪl] |
| 中文释义 | v.激怒 |
| 英语例句 | (1) It riles me that he won't agree. (2) Instead of getting all riled up about this, we should try to figure out what to do. (3) This won't be easy, because certain individuals seem determined to rile you up. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他就是不同意,真气人。 (2) 与其因此发火,我们还不如想想该怎么办。 (3) 这不是件轻松的事,因为有人似乎存心让你生气。 |
| vocabulary简明 | To rile someone is to annoy or bother them. For example, a friend might rile you by constantly texting when you're trying to have a conversation with her. You can also rile water, meaning you make it muddy by stirring it up. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The verb rile is derived from roil, and they basically mean the same thing. However, rile is more commonly used to mean "annoy" and roil mostly describes stirred liquid. If you rile up your sister, what you say makes gets her worked up, ready to argue with you. When a kid splashes around in the tub, the water is roiled — but if it gets all over the floor, his parents will be riled. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]激怒;使恼怒 If something riles you, it makes you angry. [V n]
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