vexation

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /vɛkˈseɪʃn̩/    美 /vɛkˈseɪʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this. uncountable
    — […] I mourne in my prayer, and make a noiſe, / For the voyce of the enemie, & for the vexation of the vvicked, becauſe they haue broght iniquitie vpon me, & furiouſly hate me.
  2. The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.; The action of physically annoying or irritating a person or an animal; (countable) an instance of this; also, a physical discomfort or disorder. uncountable
    — And, gentle Puck, take this transformed ſcalpe, / From the heade of this Athenian ſvvaine [Nick Bottom]; / That hee, avvaking vvhen the other do, / May all to Athens backe againe repaire, / And thinke no more of this nights accidents, / But as the fearce vexation of a dreame.
  3. The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.; The action of vexing or annoying someone by bringing unjustified legal proceedings against them; (countable) an instance of this. uncountable
  4. The state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; annoyance, irritation; also, disappointment, discontentment, unhappiness; (countable) an instance of this. uncountable
    — "Indeed you perplex me intolerably;" cried Cecilia, vvith ſome vexation, "VVhy, Sir, vvill you not be more explicit?"
  5. The state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; annoyance, irritation; also, disappointment, discontentment, unhappiness; (countable) an instance of this.; The state of being mentally distressed or troubled. uncountable
    — Thus I haue conſidered all the thinges that come to paſſe vnder the Sõne, ⁊ lo, they are all but vanitie ⁊ vexacion of mynde.
  6. The state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; annoyance, irritation; also, disappointment, discontentment, unhappiness; (countable) an instance of this.; The state of being physically annoyed or irritated. uncountable
  7. A source of mental distress or trouble; an affliction, a woe; also, a source of annoyance or irritation; an annoyance, an irritant. countable
    — [S]hould ſhe thus be ſtolne avvay from you, / It vvould be much vexation to your age.
  8. The action of using force or violence on someone or something; (countable) an instance of this. obsolete,uncountable
    — 'Tis Princely, vvhen a Tyranne doth oppoſe; / And is a fortune ſent to exerciſe / Your vertue, as the vvind doth try ſtrong trees: / VVho by vexation grovv more ſound, and firme.

词形变化

vexations plural

词汇关系

衍生词
vexatious vexatiously vexatiousness unvexatious
相关词
vex vexed vexer vexing unvexed

词源

From Late Middle English vexacioun, vexation (“physical suffering; act of inflicting trouble (specifically through unjustified legal action); anxiety, mental distress; mental disturbance”), from Anglo-Norman vexacion, vexation, Middle French vexacion, vexation (“distress, suffering; harassment (specifically through unjustified legal action)”), and Old French vexacion, vexation (“distress, suffering; harassment”) (modern French vexation), and from their etymon Latin vexātiō (“shaking or similar violent movement; (causing of) agitation, distress, suffering; harassment, persecution; trouble”), from vexātus + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs). Vexātus is the perfect passive participle of vexō (“to shake or jolt violently; to annoy, harass; to persecute; to trouble violently”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. By surface analysis, vex + -ation (suffix denoting an action or process or its result, or a quality or state). Doublet of quake.
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