piqued

英 [piːkt]

美 [piːkt]

adj.  (常指为小事)生气的，恼怒的，愠怒的
v.  使愤恨; 使恼怒
pique的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：piqued　

COCA.38751

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （常指为小事）生气的，恼怒的，愠怒的
  If someone ispiqued, they are offended or annoyed, often by something that is not very important.
  1. Granny was astounded and a little piqued, I think, because it had all been arranged without her knowledge...
     奶奶很吃惊，我想还有点儿生气，因为所有这些安排都没有告诉过她。
  2. She wrinkled her nose, piqued by his total lack of enthusiasm.
     她皱皱鼻子，为他毫无热情而感到不快。

双语例句

• Not to feel piqued when your merits are not recognised by others, isn't that also gentlemanly?
  别人不了解自己的贤能，自己也不怨恨，不也是君子的品性吗？
• That piqued my curiosity.
  那件事激发了我的好奇心。
• He piqued himself on his stylish attire.
  他为自己颇具风格的着装而自豪。
• He had contributed little to the conversation, but his interest was piqued when they started talking about how long they could go on like this against the machines.
  他不知道该说些什么，不过当他们开始谈论有关反抗机器的事情时，他表现出了极大的兴趣。
• She wrinkled her nose, piqued by his total lack of enthusiasm.
  她皱皱鼻子，为他毫无热情而感到不快。
• The recent rise of the renminbi has also piqued Chinese investors 'interest in overseas assets, he notes.
  他指出，最近人民币的升值也刺激了中国投资者对海外资产的兴趣。
• But in recent years, American women ( and beauty companies), their interest piqued by the BB cream, began to look more closely at Korean multistep skin-care regimens, and they liked what they saw.
  但是近些年，美国女人（以及美国化妆品公司）对韩国的兴趣被BB霜勾了起来，开始更密切地关注韩式多步护肤法，她们对其护肤效果也感到满意。
• I was piqued by her refusal.
  她的拒绝使我生气。
• Yau tells me that he had been piqued by a magazine comment describing him merely as a restaurateur for the proletariat.
  丘德威告诉我，一份杂志形容他仅仅是一名为工人阶层服务的餐厅老板，这严重伤害到了他的自尊。
• It piqued her that they should have a secret she did not share.
  他们有她所不知的秘密激怒了她。