galling

英 [ˈɡɔːlɪŋ]

美 [ˈɡɔːlɪŋ]

adj.  令人恼怒; 使人烦恼; 使人感到屈辱
v.  使烦恼，使愤怒(尤指因不公平引起)
gall的现在分词

现在分词：galling　

机械

BNC.21628 / COCA.24163

牛津词典

adj.

• 令人恼怒；使人烦恼；使人感到屈辱
  making you angry because it is unfair
  1. It was galling to have to apologize to a man she hated.
     令人恼火的是得向她憎恶的男人道歉。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 粗鲁；无礼；厚颜无耻
  If you say that someone hasthe gall todo something, you are criticizing them for behaving in a rude or disrespectful way.
  1. I daresay he thought he was above the law. I can't get over the gall of the fellow...
     我想他以为他能凌驾于法律之上，这家伙的蛮横无理真让人受不了。
  2. She had the gall to suggest that I might supply her with information about what Steve was doing.
     她竟然厚颜无耻地说或许我可以向她透露一些史蒂夫正在做的事。
• VERB （通常因某事不公平却无能为力）使烦恼，使恼怒
  If someone's actiongallsyou, it makes you feel very angry or annoyed, often because it is unfair to you and you cannot do anything about it.
  1. It must have galled him that Bardo thwarted each of these measures...
     巴多对每一项措施都加以阻挠，这一定让他十分气恼。
  2. It was their serenity which galled her most.
     最让她恼怒的是他们的平静。
• （植物体表因虫害等引起的）瘿瘤，虫瘿
  Agallis a growth on the surface of a plant that is caused by an insect, disease, fungus, or injury.

英英释义

adj

• causing irritation or annoyance
  1. tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
  2. aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
  3. found it galling to have to ask permission
  4. an irritating delay
  5. nettlesome paperwork
  6. a pesky mosquito
  7. swarms of pestering gnats
  8. a plaguey newfangled safety catch
  9. a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
  10. a vexatious child
  11. it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
  Synonym:annoyingbothersomeirritatingnettlesomepeskypesteringpestiferousplaguyplagueyteasingvexatiousvexing

双语例句

• There is no metal-to-metal contact, therefore gate galling is impossible.
  不存在金属对金属的接触，因此也就不可能出现闸板问题的困扰。
• After a galling defeat against France last night, Italy will have to recover their morale for the big match next week.
  昨晚窝火地被法幽队击败后，意大利队必须恢复士气以准备下周的大赛。
• Seating faces: Stellite 6 is used to prevent seizing and galling.
  阀座面：采用钨铬钴合金6，避免磨损和擦伤。
• Their plight is all the more galling considering that, up until the late 1970s, the Philippines was well positioned to partake in the economic expansion that enriched neighbouring Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore.
  令他们的困境愈发显得难堪的是，直到上世纪70年代末，菲律宾人还可以很好地分享相邻的香港、马来西亚和新加坡的经济增长成果。
• It was galling that the issue chosen by our critics was a subject in which we had every reason to take pride.
  令人伤脑筋的是，我们的批评者所选择的这个问题正是我们有种种理由可以自豪的事情。
• It is a galling message for Washington to digest, but the Obama administration insists it will not change tack.
  对于华盛顿而言，这一信息消化起来颇为难受，但奥巴马政府坚称不会改弦易辙。
• Sheet forming tests were carried out to study the changing of tool surface micro-geometry in stamping process and its effect on surface galling of parts.
  实验研究了高强度钢板成形过程中模具表面形态的演化规律及其对冲压件表面损伤的影响。
• Are you worried we beat her to make her galling?
  我是担心我们打败她令她下不来台吗？
• In markets rife with insider trading, the stunning first trading days were galling examples of how people with connections seemed to make all the money.
  在充斥着内幕交易的市场上，首日交易中股价的飙升是一个令人尴尬的例证：有关系的人看上去赚走了所有的钱。
• Particularly galling to her was his concept, enunciated first before the Pope at a scientific meeting at the Vatican, that the universe might be completely self-contained, having no boundary or edge, no beginning or end.
  尤其令她恼火的是，他在梵蒂冈的一次科学会议上竟首次当着教皇的面宣布说，宇宙是自成一体的，无边无界无始无终。