一、详细释义：


v.

使发怒，使急躁 [I,T]


例句：

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

自已的缺点在别人身上看到，最令我们讨厌。


例句：

Don't irritate her, she's on a short fuse today.

别惹她，她今天动不动就发火。


使感到不适，使疼痛 [T]


例句：

These tight shoes irritate my toes.

这些鞋太紧，逼得我的脚趾痛。


例句：

If you get bits of hair down the back of your shirt they will irritate you.

要是让几根头发从衬衫里面掉下去，会使你不舒服。


二、词义辨析：


bother,disturb,trouble,annoy,irritate,vex

这些动词均有“使人不安或烦恼”之意。 bother 指使人烦恼而引起的紧张不安或感到不耐烦。 disturb 较正式用词，多用被动态。指拢乱，使人不能平静或妨碍别人工作、思维或正常秩序，是程度较深的烦恼。 trouble 指给人在行动上带来不便或在身心上造成痛苦。 annoy 强调因被迫忍受令人不快、讨厌的事而失去平静或耐心，多指一时的打拢或恼怒。 irritate 语气比annoy强得多，指激怒，使发怒，多指一种短时间的反应。 vex侧重指因不断的干扰而引起的烦恼，有时含激怒的意味。


三、参考例句：


These tight shoes irritate my toes.

这些鞋太紧，逼得我的脚趾痛。


This might irritate your bladder and aggravate your condition.

这可能会刺激您的膀胱，并加剧您的病情。


Your interruptions only serve to irritate the entire staff.

你的打扰只会激怒全体职员。


Her tonsil would irritate when getting a cold.

她一感冒，扁桃腺就会发炎。


Sometimes we irritate each other a little bit.

偶尔我们也会惹对方不高兴。


Sometimes the little things people do, can irritate a virgo. The big things that irritate everyone else, virgos can shrug off.

有时处女座的人会对别人认为是鸡毛蒜皮的小事大发雷霆，但却在所有人都无法容忍的事上一笑了之。


Don't irritate her, she's on a short fuse today.

别惹她，她今天动不动就发火。


If you get bits of hair down the back of your shirt they will irritate you.

要是让几根头发从衬衫里面掉下去，会使你不舒服。


Her uncritical acceptance of everything I said began to irritate me.

我说什么她都不论对错一概接受，这倒惹我不耐烦起来。


Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

自已的缺点在别人身上看到，最令我们讨厌。