nettled

1. N-COUNT 荨麻
   Nettles are wild plants which have leaves covered with fine hairs that sting you when you touch them.
   1. The nettles stung their legs.
      荨麻扎了他们的腿。
   2. ...numerous clumps of stinging nettles dotted across the meadow.
      数不清的一簇簇扎人的荨麻遍布整片草地。
2. VERB 惹恼;冒犯
   If you are nettled by something, you are annoyed or offended by it.
   1. He was nettled by her manner...
      她的举止惹恼了他。
   2. It was the suggestion that he might alter course to win an election that really nettled him.
      是那条让他改变策略以赢得选举的建议惹恼了他。
3. PHRASE 迎难而上;知难而进;大胆抓棘手问题
   If you grasp the nettle, you deal with a problem, or do something that is unpleasant, quickly and in a determined way.
   1. Some industrialists believe the government should grasp the nettle of devaluation before the referendum takes place.
      一些实业家认为政府应该在全民公决前果断出手解决棘手的货币贬值问题。

1. He was nettled by her manner
   她的举止惹恼了他。
2. It was the suggestion that he might alter course to win an election that really nettled him.
   是那条让他改变策略以赢得选举的建议惹恼了他。
3. Archer inclined to the former theory; he fancied that her New York was still completely undifferentiated, and the conjecture nettled him.
   阿切尔倾向于前一种推测。他想，她眼中的纽约对人依然是一视同仁的，这一揣测让他心烦意乱。
4. She looked nettled by my remarks.
   看来她被我的话激怒了。
5. My remarks clearly nettled her.
   我的言语显然激怒了她。
6. I was nettled by her persistency.
   我被她的固执惹恼了。
7. No wonder he's nettled with us!
   老赵怎么不恨呢！
8. Who would have thought such a business matter could have nettled my own heart like this!
   谁会想得到，这么一桩买卖会让我自己这么心中烦恼！
9. His rude comments nettled us.
   他粗鲁的言语激怒了我们。
10. I was rather nettled by his rude questions.
    他的粗鲁的问题使我恼火。
11. Gerald was nettled by this implication of vulgar materialism.
    杰拉德被她话语中流露出的庸俗唯物主义惹恼了。
12. "Well?" said I, a little bit nettled by his merriment.
    “讲下去吧。”我说，对他那欢笑的样子有点不痛快。
13. Her rude remarks about my clothes rather nettled me.
    她无礼评论我的衣服，使我非常气恼。

adj

1. aroused to impatience or anger
   1. made an irritated gesture
   2. feeling nettled from the constant teasing
   3. peeved about being left out
   4. felt really pissed at her snootiness
   5. riled no end by his lies
   6. roiled by the delay

   Synonym:    annoyedirritatedmiffedpeevedpissedpissed offriledroiledsteamedstung