i·rate
adjective/aɪˈreɪt/
/aɪˈreɪt/, /ˈaɪreɪt/
- very angry
很生气;气愤 - irate customers
愤怒的顾客 - an irate phone call
怒气冲冲的电话 - She sounded extremely irate.
她听起来非常愤怒。
Synonyms angryangrymad ▪ indignant ▪ cross ▪ irateThese words all describe people feeling and/or showing anger.angry feeling or showing anger:Topics Feelingsc2- Please don’t be angry with me.
请别生我的气。 - Thousands of angry demonstrators filled the square.
广场上聚满了成千上万的愤怒示威者。
- He got mad and walked out.
他大动肝火,愤然离去。 - She’s mad at me for being late.
我迟到了,她非常生气。
- She was very indignant at the way she had been treated.
她对于自己受到的待遇大为光火。
- I was quite cross with him for being late.
我因他迟到而十分生气。
- irate customers
愤怒的顾客 - an irate letter
言辞激愤的信
- angry/mad/indignant/cross about/at something
- angry/cross with somebody (for doing something)
- angry/mad/indignant/cross that …
- to get angry/mad/cross
- to make somebody angry/mad/cross
Oxford Collocations DictionaryIrate is used with these nouns:- customer
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Latin iratus, from ira ‘anger’. - irate customers