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rankle

/rang-kuhl/US // ˈræŋ kəl //UK // (ˈræŋkəl) //

排名,排名靠前,级别,排名靠后

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v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ran·kled, ran·kling.

    • : to continue to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment within the mind; fester; be painful.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ran·kled, ran·kling.

    • : to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment in: His colleague's harsh criticism rankled him for days.

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Examples

  • Their home is a jaw-dropping luxury loft that she pays for, and Abdul-Mateen conveys, subtly, how this rankles Anthony’s masculine pride.

  • She was also tasked with taking over Nichols’s Finals hosting duties in the bubble, which appeared to rankle Nichols.

  • The fact that his success grows with no apparent effort on his part rankles others.

  • Andrew Johnson was ill-suited for the moment, setting off a Reconstruction process that would rankle many Northern veterans who wondered what they had fought for.

  • “Operation Fast and Furious” continues to rankle some Republicans.

  • Newcomers may rankle you at first, but these may be false starts to lifelong bonds.

  • As prickly as these issues are, others rankle at least as much.

  • Sibley heard a low, poisonous laugh of triumph rankle through the hotel office.

  • She had a high temper herself; but anger did not rankle in her heart for days and days, as it did in Johnny's.

  • Majuba Hill was made to rankle in the memory of the English people by a persistent press campaign.

  • Nevertheless, it can do no harm to say that kind words never rankle, while bitter words do.

  • Deeply in their bosoms rankle wrongs and insults we have given, Blood alone can wash it, Kripa, such the cruel will of Heaven!