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an·ger AHD[ăngʹgər] D.J.[ˈæŋgə]K.K.[ˈæŋgɚ]n.（名词）- A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility.怒，愤怒：一种强烈的不快或敌视的感觉
v.（动词）an.gered, an.ger.ing, an.gers v.tr.（及物动词）- To make angry; enrage or provoke.使发怒；激怒，怨恨
v.intr.（不及物动词）- To become angry:发怒：She angers too quickly.她动辄就发怒
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Old Norse angr [sorrow] * see angh- 源自 古斯堪的纳维亚语 angr [悲伤] * 参见 angh-
anger, rage, fury, ire, wrath, resentment, indignation- These nouns denote varying degrees of marked displeasure.这些名词表示不同程度的不快。
- Anger, the most general, is strong displeasure: Anger 是最普通的词，表示强烈的不快： suppressed her anger; threw a book in a fit of anger.压住了她的怒火；愤怒地扔掉了一本书。
- Rage and fury are closely related in the sense of intense, explosive, often destructive emotion: Rage 和 fury 在表示强烈的、一触即发的、通常是有破坏性的感情时意义相近："Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned" (William Congreve). “天堂里没有使爱转化为恨的那种震怒”。 （威廉·康格莱夫）。 "Beware the fury of a patient man" (John Dryden). “当心容忍者的暴怒” （约翰·德莱顿）。
- Ire is a term for anger that is frequently encountered in literature: Ire 是在文学作品中常碰到的表示发怒的词： "The best way to escape His ire/Is, not to seem too happy" (Robert Browning). “躲避他怒火的最好办法是，不要看上去太得意” （罗伯特·勃朗宁）。
- Wrath applies especially to fervid anger that seeks vengeance or punishment, often on an epic scale: Wrath 尤用于表示当某人寻仇或惩罚时的怒火，常出现在史诗中： rebellious words sure to kindle a parent's wrath;顶嘴肯定会让父母发怒；the wrath of God.上帝的怒火。
- Resentment refers to ill will and smoldering anger generated by a sense of grievance: Resentment 指由于不满而引起的满腔在胸的愤怒： The strike can be traced to the personal resentment of the foreman against the factory owner.罢工的原因，可归结为工头个人对工厂老板的不满。
- Indignation is righteous anger at something regarded as being wrongful, unjust, or evil: Indignation 指对错误、不公正或邪恶的事物产生的忿忿不平： "public indignation about takeovers causing people to lose their jobs" (Allan Sloan). “公众对于导致人们失业的接管行为很愤怒” （艾伦·斯洛恩）
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