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词汇 irate
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irate

adjective
/aɪˈreɪt/
/aɪˈreɪt/, /ˈaɪreɪt/
  1. very angry极其愤怒的;暴怒的
    • irate customers愤怒的顾客
    • an irate phone call怒气冲冲的电话
    • She sounded extremely irate.她听起来非常生气。
    Synonyms angryangry
    • mad
    • indignant
    • cross
    • irate
    These words all describe people feeling and/​or showing anger.
    • angry feeling or showing anger:
      • Please don’t be angry with me.请别生我的气。
      • Thousands of angry demonstrators filled the square.广场上聚满了成千上万的愤怒示威者。
    • mad [not before noun] (informal, especially North American English) angry:
      • He got mad and walked out.他大动肝火,愤然离去。
      • She’s mad at me for being late.我迟到了,她非常生气。
      Mad is the usual word for ‘angry’ in informal American English. In British English, the phrase ‘go mad’ means ‘become very angry’: Dad’ll go mad when he sees what you’ve done. ‘Go mad’ can also mean ‘go crazy’ or ‘get very excited’.
    • indignant feeling or showing anger and surprise because you think that you or somebody else has been treated unfairly:
      • She was very indignant at the way she had been treated.她对自己受到的待遇大为光火。
    • cross (especially British English, rather informal) rather angry or annoyed:
      • I was quite cross with him for being late.我因他迟到而十分生气。
      This word is often used by or to children.
    • irate very angry:
      • irate customers愤怒的顾客
      • an irate letter言辞激愤的信
      Irate is not usually followed by a preposition: She was irate with me/​about it.
    Patterns
    • angry/​mad/​indignant/​cross about/​at something
    • angry/​cross with somebody (for doing something)
    • angry/​mad/​indignant/​cross that
    • to get angry/​mad/​cross
    • to make somebody angry/​mad/​cross
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Collocations DictionaryIrate is used with these nouns:
    • customer
    词源mid 19th cent.: from Latin iratus, from ira ‘anger’.
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