| 单词 | vexed |
| 释义 | vexed (once / 580 pages) adj Vexed means "difficult and much debated." If your family is having trouble coming to an agreement about where to go on vacation next summer, your holiday trip has become a vexed issue. When people can't resolve an issue or find a solution, it is a vexed problem — one that's become complicated because of differing and probably strong opinions. Vexed can also describe being irritated. If you borrowed your sister's car without asking permission, and if she had a fancy way of putting things, she might tell you she's incredibly vexed with you right now. WORD FAMILYvexed: vexedly+/vex: vexation, vexed, vexer, vexes, vexing/vexation: vexations/vexer: vexers/vexing: vexingly USAGE EXAMPLESSusie, poignantly, is vexed by the black frame around a childhood drawing of Arthur’s. Los Angeles Times(Dec 01, 2016) Multiple polls previously revealed that the American public was vexed by a Congress that appeared to be accomplishing little. Washington Times(Nov 30, 2016) What follows are stories of war, invention, violence and romance; at the book’s center is the vexed love story between the narrator’s grandparents. Los Angeles Times(Nov 24, 2016) 1adj troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances the vexed parents of an unruly teenager Syn annoyed, harassed, harried, pestered troubled characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need 2adj causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed the vexed issue of priorities we live in vexed and troubled times Syn difficult, hard not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure |
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