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resentment

noun
🔊/rɪˈzentmənt/
🔊/rɪˈzentmənt/
 [uncountable, singular]
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  1. resentment (towards/against somebody) )a feeling of anger or unhappiness about something that you think is unfair愤恨；怨恨
    • to feel/harbour/bear resentment towards/against somebody对某人感到／深怀／有怨恨
    • She could not conceal the deep resentment she felt at the way she had been treated.受到那样的待遇，她无法掩藏内心强烈的愤恨。🔊🔊
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    • He struggled to contain his resentment.他努力压制自己的怨气。
    • I bore him no resentment.我并不怨恨他。
    • I felt great resentment at having to work such long hours.对于不得不工作这么长时间我深感不满。
    • I felt no resentment towards/​toward him.我并不怨恨他。
    • Inequality breeds resentment.不平等导致怨恨。
    • Maggie was filled with resentment about her treatment.玛吉对自己所受到的对待愤恨不平。
    • She felt all her old resentment flaring up.她感到她郁积已久的怨恨爆发了。
    • The measures fuelled resentment among students.这些措施在学生中激起不满。
    • You seem to be harbouring some resentment against your boss.你好像对你的老板心存怨恨。
    • the bitter resentment between the two brothers两兄弟之间的深深怨恨
    • the growing resentment against foreigners对外国人越来越深的仇视
    • their resentment towards each other他们彼此之间的怨恨
    • He felt a flash of resentment towards Helen.他对海伦顿生不满。
    • Old grievances and resentments came to the surface.过往的不满和积怨浮现了出来。
    Topics Feelingsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • bitter
    • considerable
    • deep
    • …
    verb + resentment
    • feel
    • harbour/​harbor
    • hold
    • …
    resentment + verb
    • grow
    preposition
    • resentment about
    • resentment over
    • resentment against
    • …
    phrases
    • a cause of resentment
    • a source of resentment
    • a feeling of resentment
    • …
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Italian risentimento or French ressentiment, from obsolete French resentir, from re- (expressing intensive force) + sentir ‘feel’ (from Latin sentire).