frustrated

adjective
🔊/frʌˈstreɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈfrʌstreɪtɪd/
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  1. feeling annoyed and impatient because you cannot do or achieve what you want懊丧;懊恼;沮丧
    • It's very easy to get frustrated in this job.这个工作很容易令人懊恼。🔊🔊
    • His apathy just made her even more frustrated.他的冷漠使她更加沮丧。
    • frustrated at/with something They felt frustrated at the lack of progress.没有进展,他们感到懊丧。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • She sounded rather frustrated to me.我觉得她听上去有几分沮丧。
    • Sometimes he gets really frustrated with his violin playing.他有时会对拉小提琴感到十分灰心。
    • This failure leaves the child depressed and frustrated.这次失败使这个小孩灰心丧气。
    • We were frustrated by the long delays.长时间耽搁使我们颇感沮丧。
    • Airport workers were left to deal with the thousands of frustrated passengers.机场工作人员不得不面对数千名沮丧的乘客。
    • She gave a little frustrated sigh.她叹了口气。
    Topics Feelingsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • appear
    • be
    • feel
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • at
    • by
    • with
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  2. (of an emotion情感) having no effect; not being satisfied无效的;没有得到满足的
    • He stamped his foot in frustrated rage.他怒气难消,气得跺脚。🔊🔊
    • frustrated desires没有得到满足的欲望
  3. [only before noun] unable to be successful in a particular career失意的;不得志的
    • a frustrated artist不得志的艺术家
    Topics Difficulty and failurec2
  4. not satisfied sexually性欲没有得到满足的