re·sent
verb/rɪˈzent/
/rɪˈzent/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they resent | /rɪˈzent/ /rɪˈzent/ |
| he / she / it resents | /rɪˈzents/ /rɪˈzents/ |
| past simple resented | /rɪˈzentɪd/ /rɪˈzentɪd/ |
| past participle resented | /rɪˈzentɪd/ /rɪˈzentɪd/ |
| -ing form resenting | /rɪˈzentɪŋ/ /rɪˈzentɪŋ/ |
- to feel bitter or angry about something, especially because you feel it is unfair
愤恨；感到气愤；愤愤不平 - resent something/somebody I deeply resented her criticism.
我对她的批评感到非常气愤。 - The children resented the new woman in their father’s life.
孩子们怨恨父亲生活中的新女人。 - resent doing something He bitterly resents being treated like a child.
他十分厌恶被别人当孩子对待。 - resent somebody doing something She resented him making all the decisions.
她讨厌什么事都要听他的。 - (formal) She resented his making all the decisions.
她讨厌什么事都要听他的。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc1- I resent the implication that I don't care about my father.
我讨厌别人暗示我不关心父亲。 - I resent the insinuation that I'm only interested in the money.
我讨厌别人暗示我只对钱感兴趣。 - He deeply resented the fact that his teammates did not support him.
他对队友不支持他深感怨恨。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- bitterly
- deeply
- greatly
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from obsolete French resentir, from re- (expressing intensive force) + sentir ‘feel’ (from Latin sentire). The early sense was ‘experience an emotion or sensation’, later ‘feel deeply’, giving rise to ‘feel aggrieved by’. - resent something/somebody I deeply resented her criticism.