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irritating

/ir-i-tey-ting/US // ˈɪr ɪˌteɪ tɪŋ //

烦人的,刺激性的,刺激性,可气的

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : causing irritation; annoying; provoking: irritating questions.

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Examples

  • This recycled gossip is tiresome, but what’s most irritating about “A Bright Ray of Darkness” is that it’s really good.

  • Many people find it difficult to create a seal with traditional cups, and the stem on them is irritating.

  • All the effort was aimed at making the banners less irritating.

  • At times, this relentlessness can make The Life You Can Save irritating.

  • So, try your best not to get angry with them, no matter how irritating they can be.

  • If couples can seem smug and self-enclosed, the married single represents an even more irritating manifestation of that.

  • It reminds me of an uncle of mine who said the London Blitz was irritating.

  • But in addition to all of that, it's also really irritating—and not just by New Yorker standards.

  • This strain of enterovirus seems unusually provocative in irritating lower airways, thereby causing airway narrowing.

  • As mildly irritating as David Tseng may be, he is not someone who troubles me enough to even bother with.

  • The nasty scandal at the Pandemonium had been particularly irritating to Haggard personally.

  • Their boasted successes, the crowding of colonies, schemes of settlement and development,—all were disagreeable and irritating.

  • If irritating to the skin, these lotions can be made weaker, or less frequently applied than might otherwise be necessary.

  • It took him some moments to recognize them as the irritating rustling of his silken dress.

  • The prince said nothing, but the smile that played upon his thin lips was a sufficient and most irritating answer.