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vexing

a. 使人烦恼的, 使人恼火的

vexing

[ adj ]

extremely annoying or displeasing

<adj.all>

his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating

I've had an exasperating day

her infuriating indifference

the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening

causing irritation or annoyance

<adj.all>

tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork

aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport

found it galling to have to ask permission

an irritating delay

nettlesome paperwork

a pesky mosquito

swarms of pestering gnats

a plaguey newfangled safety catch

a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him

a vexatious child

it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong

Vex \Vex\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vexed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Vexing}.] [F. vexer, L. vexare, vexatum, to vex, originally,
to shake, toss, in carrying, v. intens. fr. vehere, vectum,
to carry. See {Vehicle}.]
1. To to?s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars.
--Pope.

2. To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to
irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to
trouble; to tease. ``I will not vex your souls.'' --Shak.

Then thousand torments vex my heart. --Prior.

3. To twist; to weave. [R.]

Some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom.
--Dryden.

Syn: See {Tease}.

While some issues remain, we have now reached agreement at this ministerial on what have been two of the most vexing problems we have faced in START: air-launched cruise missiles and sea-launched cruise missiles.
By most assessments, the B-1's most vexing problem is the radar-jamming equipment provided by Eaton Corp.'s AIL division.
We were treated to a tinkling piano score by Keith Jarrett which proved as maundering and vexing as Miss Muller's four duets, whose theme was He Needs Her And She Needs Him.
The most vexing problem before Mr. Ruder may be handling the agency he inherited from Mr. Shad.
There also are vexing national security and foreign policy problems.
"To multinationals, one of the more vexing consequences of Tiananmen has been the return of China business to the political realm from the purely commercial," says Scott D. Seligman, a vice president of Burson-Marsteller China Ltd.
It transforms the business of hiring foreign executives and professionals from a matter of routine personnel processing to a vexing, often urgent, issue requiring the involvement of top management.
Though unemployment plagues the educated middle class all over the developing world, the jobless physicians of Calcutta are an especially vexing case.
A more vexing question of freedom of expression concerns the actual use of university authority to suppress freedom. This is the most serious example of confusion and failure of principle in university governance today.
Moreover, it's unclear how well Mr. Lutz, an acknowledged product whiz, would handle Chrysler's complicated and vexing financial issues.
Mr. Darling also found this vexing, but suggested "he may have been allowed to substitute another course.
The vexing exception has been commodities: not oil or precious metals, but boring old copper, rubber and soyabeans.
"It could have been worse," he said. "Someone could have put a hole through it while I was wearing it." Japan faces a grim task that may prove more vexing than flooding the world with cars or cracking the computer chip market: having a good time.
As an ethnologist, Culin also was faced with a vexing paradox, which lies at the very heart of collecting objects from living cultures.
"We remain firm in our intent to work through the Uruguay Round in order to solve our most vexing trade problems.
Still, the dispute remains a "vexing question" and "there are strong-willed people from strong countries, and they each have an opinion," he said after he and Mitterrand gave back-to-back commencement speeches at Boston University.
He says he has taken on vexing problems in an era when fear of voter wrath has paralyzed politicians.
"This is indeed a vexing and difficult issue, as witness the disparate results reached in other states," the Louisiana court said.

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