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　

TOEFL GRE

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.
1. 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。

英英释义

noun

strong feelings of embarrassment
Synonym:humiliationmortification

verb

cause to feel shame
1. He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
Synonym:humiliatemortifyhumbleabase

双语例句

Do not have no sirens confidant and chagrin, I am your confidant sirens!
不要为没有红颜知己而懊恼，我就是你的红颜知己！
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。
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。
All developing economies view the prospect of flows of money rushing in and out of their markets with chagrin.
所有的发展中经济体都会对巨额资金快速进出本国市场感到烦恼。
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 chagrin, my credit card was declined.
我的信用卡被拒用了，我懊恼极了。
His increasingly visible chagrin sets up a vicious circle.
他的明显的不满引起了一种恶性循环。
He noted with chagrin how little hair clung to his head.
他苦恼地发现原来他头上的毛发是那麽的稀疏。
Much to the chagrin of the pundit class, sometimes there are no satisfying answers.
令专家们懊恼的是，有些时候就是没有令人满意的答案。
The job, which involved the transcription of oral history tapes, had about it a quality of penance that suited me, though after a time I discovered to my chagrin that I was having fun.
这份工作是把口述历史录音带用文字记录下来，而这倒是有一种对我很相宜的苦修味道，尽管过了一阵子，我不无懊恼地发现，我正乐在其中。