chagrin
英 [ˈʃæɡrɪn]
美 [ʃəˈɡrɪn]
n. 失望; 恼怒; 烦恼; 懊恼
vt. 使懊恼; 使懊丧; 使悔恨
现在分词：chagrining 过去式：chagrined 第三人称单数：chagrins 过去分词：chagrined
BNC.19072 / COCA.16105
牛津词典
noun
- 失望；恼怒；烦恼；懊恼
a feeling of being disappointed or annoyed
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 懊恼;窝火;失望
Chagrinis a feeling of disappointment, upset, or annoyance, perhaps because of your own failure.- One of the first things we did when we moved in, to the chagrin of the architect, was to replace the leaded windows.
让建筑师大为懊恼的是，我们搬进去最先做的事情之一就是换掉了花饰铅条窗。
- One of the first things we did when we moved in, to the chagrin of the architect, was to replace the leaded windows.
英英释义
noun
- strong feelings of embarrassment
verb
- cause to feel shame
- He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
双语例句
- Much to the chagrin of his children, when he died he left all his money to charity.
他去世时把所有的钱都留给了慈善事业，这使得他的子女很不高兴。 - To my chagrin, Altman told me, Stanford has not had a really great track record.
让我懊恼的是，奥特曼告诉我说，斯坦福的成绩并不是特别好。 - Causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation.
使人觉得羞愧、懊恼和恼怒。 - Much to my chagrin, my credit card was declined.
我的信用卡被拒用了，我懊恼极了。 - Much to my wife's chagrin, I spend a lot of time on the blog.
出乎我的妻子的懊恼，我花了很多时间的博客。 - One of the first things we did when we moved in, to the chagrin of the architect, was to replace the leaded windows.
让建筑师大为懊恼的是，我们搬进去最先做的事情之一就是换掉了花饰铅条窗。 - Much to the chagrin of the pundit class, sometimes there are no satisfying answers.
令专家们懊恼的是，有些时候就是没有令人满意的答案。 - To cause to feel chagrin; mortify or discomfit. It galled him to ask permission.
使懊恼，使受屈辱，使窘迫。请求别人允许使他感到屈辱。 - Thinking about the matter gave ME more chagrin than the whistle gave ME pleasure.
我一想到这件事就懊恼，甚于那哨子给我的乐趣。 - The job, which involved the transcription of oral history tapes, had about it a quality of penance that suited me, though after a time I discovered to my chagrin that I was having fun.
这份工作是把口述历史录音带用文字记录下来，而这倒是有一种对我很相宜的苦修味道，尽管过了一阵子，我不无懊恼地发现，我正乐在其中。