chagrin

UK:  ['ʃæɡrɪn]

US:  [ʃə'ɡrɪn]

v.

1.使懊恼,使悔恨

2.使…恼火;不安

n.

1.悔恨,懊恼;委屈

2.悔恨,恼羞成怒,恼恨和失望

3.不满

4.屈辱

1 . To his chagrin, he discovered the body of a young man lying at the foot of the statue.
对他的恼怒，他发现了说谎在雕象的脚的一个年轻人的尸体。

2 . This carry trade, as it is called, has cheapened Japan's currency, much to the chagrin of American carmakers and European policymakers.
这种套息交易使得日圆贬值，而日圆贬值使美国和欧洲汽车制造商和决策者懊恼不以。

3 . Many are still in their original wrapping, except for a few that, to his chagrin, his wife threw into the wash.
很多都没有拆过包装，只是有几件被他妻子扔到洗衣机里洗过，这让他很恼火。

4 . The truth of the matter, much to the chagrin of contemporary biology, is that Darwin's theory should have been laid to rest some time ago.
达尔文的理论早该休矣，事实即是如此——它令现代的生物学家们既恼且羞。

5 . On that afternoon, much to the chagrin of her older brother, she'd been trying to pull some boy's pants down and cussing out loud for fun.
那天下午，，更多的是他哥哥的懊悔，她曾经试图把一些男孩子的脱下裤子和谩骂大声获得乐趣。