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
- 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。 - 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。 - Though I'd heard quite a lot from the western media, I realized, to my chagrin, that I'd never once actually asked a Hong Kong resident how they felt.
尽管从西方媒介那里听到的不少，令我懊恼的是，我还从没有真正问过一个香港人他们是怎么想的。 - Much to the police's chagrin, the chief suspect for the killing seems to have fled the country.
主要杀人嫌疑犯似乎已经逃出国了，这使得警方极为不快。 - To cause to feel chagrin; mortify or discomfit.
使懊恼，使受屈辱，使窘迫。 - He took the book, to Paul's immense chagrin, and began the copying himself.
他拿过薄子自己抄起来，弄得保罗十分沮丧。 - He was preoccupied with chagrin and etiquette.
他耿耿于怀的是经受的屈辱和礼仪。 - 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。 - Quality as well as quantity is increasing to the chagrin of other Asian producers.
除数量外，中国钢铁的质量也在提高，这让其它亚洲钢铁生产商颇为苦恼。 - 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。