in·fur·i·ate
verb/ɪnˈfjʊərieɪt/
/ɪnˈfjʊrieɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they infuriate | /ɪnˈfjʊərieɪt/ /ɪnˈfjʊrieɪt/ |
| he / she / it infuriates | /ɪnˈfjʊərieɪts/ /ɪnˈfjʊrieɪts/ |
| past simple infuriated | /ɪnˈfjʊərieɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈfjʊrieɪtɪd/ |
| past participle infuriated | /ɪnˈfjʊərieɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈfjʊrieɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form infuriating | /ɪnˈfjʊərieɪtɪŋ/ /ɪnˈfjʊrieɪtɪŋ/ |
- to make somebody extremely angry
使极为生气；使大怒；激怒 - infuriate somebody Her silence infuriated him even more.
她的沉默使他更加愤怒了。 - Are you doing this on purpose just to infuriate me?
你这样做是故意的，只是为了激怒我吗？ - it infuriates somebody that…/to do something It infuriates me that she was not found guilty.
令我大怒的是她获判无罪。
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin infuriat- ‘made angry’, from the verb infuriare, from in- ‘into’ + Latin furia ‘fury’. - infuriate somebody Her silence infuriated him even more.