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单词 resentment
释义
resentment
(rɪzentmənt )
Word forms: resentments
uncountable noun
Resentment is bitterness and anger that someone feels about something.
She expressed resentment at being interviewed by a social worker. [+ at]
But the problems of inflation and unemployment still cause a lot of resentment.
Synonyms: bitterness, indignation, ill feeling, ill will  
Quotations:
It is very difficult to get up resentment towards persons whom one has never seenCardinal NewmanApologia pro Vita Sua
Collocations:
cause resentment
They behaved in a cavalier fashion and caused resentment.
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This caused resentment from scallop fishermen who had tried to fish responsibly around the reefs and felt they had been betrayed.
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Past hurts and grievances, if they are hung onto, eat away inside and also cause resentment.
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He always put what was going on here first, and that did cause resentment from my mum because it took up so much of his time.
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fuel resentment
Opposition politicians said it was vindictive and could fuel resentment.
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His attempt to win back confidence by ordering his ministers to make their assets public by tomorrow might backfire, fuelling resentment of a 'caviar left'.
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We are fuelling resentment and compromising national security.
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Thousands of evacuees have been allowed to return home but about 75,000 people still cannot, fuelling resentment.
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The outcome left the critical question of who gave the orders to use live fire against protesters unanswered, fuelling resentment among the relatives of the so-called 'martyrs'.
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widespread resentment
There was widespread resentment that the curfew prevented his funeral last night.
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This caused widespread resentment among farmers and several large-scale riots, causing the government to lower the tax rate from 3% to 2.5%.
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This caused widespread resentment among farmers, and several large-scale riots erupted around the country.
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The practice soon led to price-fixing, the enrichment of courtiers at the public's expense, and widespread resentment.
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However, there was widespread resentment against him, both in the forces and later revealed in other memoirs from other generals.
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Translations:
Chinese: 怨恨
Japanese: 恨み
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