maddening

英 [ˈmædnɪŋ]

美 [ˈmædnɪŋ]

adj.  令人生气的; 让人沮丧的; 使人恼火的
v.  使非常生气; 使发疯
madden的现在分词

现在分词：maddening　

BNC.34307 / COCA.23585

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 令人生气的；让人极为沮丧的；使人极其恼火的
  If you describe something asmaddening, you mean that it makes you feel angry, irritated, or frustrated.
  1. Shopping in the January sales can be maddening...
     在元月促销期间购物可能会让人大为恼火。
  2. It is, in its way, a maddening biography.
     客观来说，这部传记很是令人气愤。

英英释义

adj

• extremely annoying or displeasing
  1. his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating
  2. I've had an exasperating day
  3. her infuriating indifference
  4. the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening
  Synonym:exasperatinginfuriatingvexing

双语例句

• The EU is its embodiment in all its maddening but often useful complexity.
  欧盟是其所有令人发狂但经常是有用的复杂性的体现。
• And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?
  却向令人发狂的悲伤投降？
• While that brings greater efficiency to the process for employers, it can be awfully maddening for job seekers.
  虽然这样给雇主带来了很高的效率，但是对求职者来说却可能是让人发狂的痛苦过程。
• It's all frustrating, even maddening, because what's happened doesn't make sense.
  令人沮丧，甚至疯狂的是，过去发生的事不能说明什么。
• Put like that, it's worse than maddening, it's pathetic.
  这样说来，这比疯狂还要糟糕，这简直是悲惨。
• Often you will see the maddening adjective indescribable used to describe the event.
  你经常发现令人恼火的形容词难以形容被拿来描述其过程。
• I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free; and laughing at injuries, not maddening under them!
  但愿我重新是个女孩子，野蛮、顽强、自由，任何伤害只会使我大笑，不会压得我发疯！
• How maddening it was to be so hot and not to be able to bathe.
  天气这么热可又不能洗澡，真叫人恼火。
• Can we still find that peace amidst the maddening crowd?
  在外部世界的一片喧嚣中，我们是否可以找到内心的平静？
• About her I won't speak; and I don't desire to think; but I earnestly wish she were invisible: her presence invokes only maddening sensations.
  关于她我不想说什么；我也不愿想，可是我热切地希望她不露面。她的存在只能引起使人发疯的感觉。