em·bit·ter
verb/ɪmˈbɪtə(r)/
/ɪmˈbɪtər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they embitter | /ɪmˈbɪtə(r)/ /ɪmˈbɪtər/ |
| he / she / it embitters | /ɪmˈbɪtəz/ /ɪmˈbɪtərz/ |
| past simple embittered | /ɪmˈbɪtəd/ /ɪmˈbɪtərd/ |
| past participle embittered | /ɪmˈbɪtəd/ /ɪmˈbɪtərd/ |
| -ing form embittering | /ɪmˈbɪtərɪŋ/ /ɪmˈbɪtərɪŋ/ |
- embitter somebody to make somebody feel angry or disappointed about something over a long period of time
使怨愤；使沮丧；使苦恼 - Years of caring for her ageing parents had embittered her.
多年来照顾年迈的父母让她心怀怨恨。 - They were becoming deeply embittered by the government’s lack of concern.
他们对政府的漠不关心感到深深的怨恨。 - What had embittered them most of all was their exclusion from the judicial process.
最令他们痛苦的是他们被排除在司法程序之外。
- Years of caring for her ageing parents had embittered her.