embitter

verb
🔊/ɪmˈbɪtə(r)/
🔊/ɪmˈbɪtər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they embitter
🔊/ɪmˈbɪtə(r)/
🔊/ɪmˈbɪtər/
he / she / it embitters
🔊/ɪmˈbɪtəz/
🔊/ɪmˈbɪtərz/
past simple embittered
🔊/ɪmˈbɪtəd/
🔊/ɪmˈbɪtərd/
past participle embittered
🔊/ɪmˈbɪtəd/
🔊/ɪmˈbɪtərd/
-ing form embittering
🔊/ɪmˈbɪtərɪŋ/
🔊/ɪmˈbɪtərɪŋ/
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  1. embitter somebody to make somebody feel angry or disappointed about something over a long period of time使怨愤;使沮丧;使苦恼
    • Years of caring for her ageing parents had embittered her.多年照顾她年迈的父母使她很痛苦。
    • They were becoming deeply embittered by the government’s lack of concern.由于政府的缺乏关注,他们变得深为不安。
    • What had embittered them most of all was their exclusion from the judicial process.最令他们困扰的是他们被排除在司法程序之外。
    Topics Feelingsc2