| 释义 | 
		vexvex /veks/ verb [transitive] old-fashioned    vexOrigin: 1400-1500 Old French vexer, from Latin vexare  VERB TABLEvex |
 | Present | I, you, we, they | vex |   | he, she, it | vexes |  | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | vexed |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have vexed |   | he, she, it | has vexed |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had vexed |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will vex |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have vexed |  
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 | Present | I | am vexing |   | he, she, it | is vexing |   | you, we, they | are vexing |  | Past | I, he, she, it | was vexing |   | you, we, they | were vexing |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been vexing |   | he, she, it | has been vexing |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been vexing |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be vexing |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been vexing |  
    - But rendering attention to these vexing questions is prudent and the right thing to do.
 - The nature of its relationship to the poor is perhaps the most vexing ethical issue that Holy Trinity faces.
 - The problem was considered particularly vexing because, as the research of contemporaries showed, it affected middle class women most.
 
   ► a vexed/thorny question (=one that is hard to deal with)· Finally, there’s the thorny question of money.    to make someone feel annoyed or worried—vexing adjective:   a vexing problem  |