irate

英 [aɪˈreɪt]

美 [aɪˈreɪt]

adj.  极其愤怒的; 暴怒的

GRE

BNC.18773 / COCA.16784

牛津词典

adj.

• 极其愤怒的；暴怒的
  very angry
  1. irate customers
     愤怒的顾客
  2. an irate phone call
     怒气冲冲的电话

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 发怒的;极其愤怒的;被惹火的
  If someone isirate, they are very angry about something.
  1. The owner was so irate he almost threw me out of the place...
     店主非常恼火,差点把我从那个地方扔出去。
  2. She then wrote an extremely irate letter to the New Statesman about me.
     她接着给《新政治家》杂志写了一封关于我的信，言辞极其激烈。

英英释义

adj

• feeling or showing extreme anger
  1. irate protesters
  2. ireful words
  Synonym:ireful

双语例句

• He dragged the irate fellow to the door.
  他把那个发怒的家伙拖到门口。
• Claims by irate investors run to billions of euros.
  愤怒的投资者要求赔偿，总金额高达数十亿欧元。
• Irate passenger: this is the worst-run airline I've ever had the bad luck to travel with. I don't know why you even bother to publish a schedule!
  生气的乘客：这是我坐过最差的航线，我不知道为什么你们还那么麻烦公布时刻表。
• Students and some parents are irate at bans on a simple act of affection.
  学生和部分家长不满学校禁止这种简单的表达情感的行为。
• But for most executives, a falling share price is far more persuasive than an irate phone call.
  然而对多数高管来说，股价的下跌远比怒气冲冲的电话更有说服力。
• High school teachers received irate text messages from parents protesting an exam grade before class was even over;
  在高中里，课还没上完，老师就会收到父母们发来愤怒的短信，抗议孩子的考试分数给得不合理。
• Irate complaints from car owners.
  车主们愤怒的怨言。
• It bewildered us to be felt thus, with no retribution: not even a long cussing which, by experience, we had all grown to expect from irate adults.
  然而，我们被留在这里，反而把我们弄糊涂了。没有任何惩罚：甚至没有喋喋不休，没完没了的责骂。从经历上讲，我们没有一个不是在大人们愤怒的惩罚中长大的。
• A good telephone voice can do much to improve the temper of irate callers.
  电话中悦耳的声音可以大大消减通话人的怒气。
• This poll has revealed the further away you travel the least likely you are to get harassed by irate managers, so it pays to venture far afield.
  调查表明，你旅行的地方越远，你就越不被怒气冲冲的经理骚扰到。走得远点，值！