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exasperate
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exasperated
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exasperating
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- exasperate
[εg'zæspə.ret]
[ɪg'zɑːspəreɪt]
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1.
vt.
激怒,触怒;使恼怒,使恼火,使生气
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2.
vt.
[Old-fashioned]
使(感觉、痛苦、疾病等)加剧,加重(病情等),使恶化
Collins English-English Dictionary
- exasperate
[ɪg'zɒːspə"reɪt]
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to cause great irritation or anger to; infuriate
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2.
vt.
to cause (an unpleasant feeling, condition, etc) to worsen; aggravate
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3.
adj
[Botany]
having a rough prickly surface because of the presence of hard projecting points
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4.
adj
[Etymology]
C16: from Latin exasperare to make rough, from asper rough
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