annoyance

annoyance 是“令人烦恼的事”或“烦恼、恼火的情绪”，既可以指具体的麻烦，也可以指被惹恼的感觉。

💡 记忆钩子

把 annoyance 想成一件不断戳你神经的小事：这件烦人的事本身是 annoyance，发生一次惹人烦的行为也是 annoyance，而你因此产生的烦恼情绪同样是 annoyance。

📝 学习建议

先掌握“令人烦恼的事”和“烦恼情绪”这两个核心方向；不要把 annoyance 只理解成一次“恼怒”。
它通常是名词，不要误当作动词；表示“使人烦恼”要用 annoy。

📖 中文释义

noun

core 烦人的事；麻烦

📖 指某件会让人不舒服、分心或生气的具体事情，重点在于“这件事本身很烦人”。

💡 常用结构是“a real/major/minor annoyance”或“an annoyance to somebody”。它通常指具体的人、事或情况，可以用复数表示多件烦心事；不要把它直接当作“问题”的中性说法，因为它强调令人烦恼。

countable

The constant noise from the construction site is a real annoyance.

施工现场持续不断的噪声真让人烦恼。

Having to reset the password every week is a minor annoyance.

每周都得重置密码是一件小麻烦。
common 一次惹人烦的行为

📖 指某一次使别人烦恼或恼火的行为、举动或事件，强调“惹人烦”这一动作发生了一次。

💡 常见结构是“an annoyance to somebody”或“a repeated annoyance”，也可以和 act、instance 等词一起说明某次行为。这个意义比“烦人的事”更强调造成烦恼的具体举动；日常表达中也常直接用 annoy 来描述动作。

countable

His repeated interruptions became an annoyance to everyone in the meeting.

他一再打断别人，成了会议上每个人都觉得烦的一件事。
core 烦恼；恼火的情绪

📖 指人在被打扰、惹恼或遇到不顺心的事时产生的心理状态，也就是“感到烦”的情绪本身。

💡 常见结构是“feel/show annoyance”以及“with annoyance”。这个意义通常作不可数名词，前面不加 a；表示具体的一阵烦恼时可说“a feeling of annoyance”，不要和 anger 混同，因为 annoyance 往往较轻，也不一定发展成愤怒。

uncountable

She sighed with annoyance when the train was delayed again.

火车又晚点时，她烦恼地叹了口气。

He tried not to show his annoyance during the long interview.

在漫长的面试中，他尽量不表现出自己的烦恼。

annoyances plural

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 5 组

the act of troubling or annoying someone

同义词集: annoyance annoying irritation vexation

上位: mistreatment

something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; ;

同义词集: annoyance bother botheration pain infliction pain in the neck pain in the ass

washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer

a bit of a bother

he's not a friend, he's an infliction

下位: irritant, nuisance, plague, thorn

anger produced by some annoying irritation

同义词集: annoyance chafe vexation

上位: anger, choler, ire 下位: aggravation, displeasure, exasperation, frustration, harassment, irritation, pique, temper, torment

an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating

同义词集: aggravator annoyance

the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

同义词集: irritation annoyance vexation botheration

下位: bummer, huff, impatience, miff, restlessness, seeing red

🌳 词源

源自中古英语和古法语，词根与 annoy（使烦恼）有关，后缀 -ance 表示一种状态或结果。

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der. Proto-Italic *odjom Latin odium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin inodiāre Old French anoier Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -āntia Old French -ance Old French anoiancebor. Middle English anoyaunce English annoyance Inherited from Middle English anoyaunce (rare form of noyaunce), from Old French anuiance, anoiance, from the verb anuier (“to cause problems”), equivalent to annoy + -ance. Compare French ennui.

🔄 变式

annoyances plural

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