irate

irate是英語中表示“極其憤怒”的形容詞，詞源可追溯至拉丁語“iratus”（憤怒的）。其英式與美式發音均為/aɪˈreɪt/，被列為GRE和GMAT考試辭彙。該詞常用於描述因不公平待遇引發的強烈憤怒情緒，如“憤怒的顧客”（an irate customer）。近義詞包括angry、furious等，常見於電話溝通、客戶投訴等場景。

基本介紹

• 詞性：形容詞
• 英式發音：/aɪˈreɪt/
• 美式發音：/aɪˈreɪt/     
• 考試類別：GRE、GMAT辭彙 
• 近義詞：angry、furious、livid  
• 詞源：源自拉丁語“iratus”（約1800-1900年） 

發音與詞義

irate的英式與美式發音一致，均為/aɪˈreɪt/。根據劍橋詞典，其核心定義為“極其憤怒的”，強調因感知不公而產生的強烈情緒。例如：“接到顧客怒氣沖沖的電話”（received irate phone calls from customers）。

詞源與演變

該詞源自拉丁語“iratus”（意為憤怒的），與“ira”（憤怒）相關，最早記錄於19世紀初期。朗文詞典指出，其用法多聚焦於描述因不公正對待引發的憤怒狀態。

考試關聯性

irate被列為GRE和GMAT考試高頻辭彙，常出現在閱讀理解與辭彙辨析題中。例如，歐路詞典強調其作為學術英語的重要性，並提供聯想詞如disgruntled（不滿的）、annoyed（惱怒的）、outraged（憤慨的）輔助記憶。

近義詞與用法

• 近義詞：angry（生氣的）、enraged（暴怒的）、furious（狂怒的）
• 典型搭配：
• “irate protesters”（憤怒的抗議者）
• “irate protesters”（憤怒的抗議者）
• “消減通話人的怒氣”（defuse an irate caller）

例句與語境

劍橋詞典收錄的例句包括：

1. “We have received some irate phone calls from customers.”（我們接到顧客怒氣沖沖的來電。）
2. “Hundreds of irate passengers complained to the airline.”（數百名憤怒的乘客向航空公司投訴。）新東方線上提供的例句則展示其書面用法：“The irate crowd threw stones at the building.”（憤怒的人群向建築物投擲石塊。）

• The owner was so irate he almost threw me out of the place. 主人那么生氣，他差點兒把我從那個地方趕出去。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
• The speech was designed to pacify the irate crowd. 講話的目的是安撫憤怒的民眾。《牛津詞典》
• Had to deal with an irate customer. 必須應付一個發怒的顧客。
• He dragged the irate fellow to the door. 他把那個發怒的傢伙拖到門口。
• Her irate husband was hunting him with a gun. 她暴怒的丈夫正拿著一把槍追殺他。
• Herr irate husband was hunting him with a gun. 她暴怒的丈夫正拿著一把槍追殺他。
• When my caretakers step here they become irate. 我的看護人一站上這裡就開始生氣。
• He received a flood of letters from irate constituents. 他收到憤怒的選區居民洪水般湧來的信件。
• We have received some irate phone calls from customers. 我們接到顧客打來的一些憤怒的電話。
• Customer support calls from VIPs — Very Irate Persons — are down. 來自VIP(非常生氣的人)的客戶支持呼叫隨之下降。
• The irate husband seized his wife and kicked her downstairs. 那憤怒的丈夫抓住他妻子並把她踢下了樓。
• "The little girl was very upset and the father was irate," he said. “小女孩很難過，而父親也是非常憤怒。”他說。
• One irate local compares a room in his neighbor's dirt house to a grave. 一個人將鄰居的髒亂的房子跟目的相比而激怒了當地人。
• A good telephone voice can do much to improve the temper of irate callers. 電話中悅耳的聲音可以大大消減通話人的怒氣。
• Because by getting irate we are directly asking it to be a socially responsible citizen. 我們很氣忿，要求銀行做個對社會負責任的企業。
• But, mundane as it sounds, the best hope for America's irate drivers is more of the same. 雖然聽起來無甚新意，但憤怒的美國司機們不見得有更好的選擇。
• It can also nod or shake its head, helping to improve the mood of irate or glum drivers. 它還能點頭、搖頭來幫助改善一位怒氣衝天或一臉陰沉的司機的心情。
• So when one irate customer stormed my desk, I responded in my calmest voice, "What's the trouble? 所以，有一天當一個生氣的顧客氣沖沖地來到我的工作檯時，我還是非常平靜地問她，“有什麼問題嗎？”
• So when one irate customer stormed my desk, I responded in my calmest voice, "What's the trouble?" 所以，有一天當一個生氣的顧客氣沖沖地來到我的工作檯時，我還是非常平靜地問她，“有什麼問題嗎？”
• So when one irate customer stomp3ed my desk, I responded in my calmest voice, "What's the trouble?" 所以，有一天當一個生氣的顧客氣沖沖地來到我的工作檯時，我還是非常平靜地問她，“有什麼問題嗎？
• Sensing that his life was in jeopardy, the hunter played possum until the irate lion disappeared. 當他意識到自己的生命有危險，這個獵手開始裝死，一直到發怒的獅子走遠。
• The supermarket Casa Dos Frescos sold a melon for $100 shortly before Christmas to an irate Frenchman. CasaDosFrescos超市在聖誕前夕將一個甜瓜以100美元高價賣給了一個憤怒的法國人。
• Are you fond of presents? and he searched my face with eyes that I saw were dark, irate, and piercing. 你喜歡禮物嗎？”他用一雙在我看來陰沉惱怒而富有穿透力的眼睛，搜尋著我的面容。
• As you sit in traffic, inching along between irate drivers, you think to yourself, there must be a better way. “正如你坐在交通，緩慢沿之間的憤怒的司機，你認為自己”，必須有一個更好的辦法。
• I related this story in a bar and got an irate reaction from a banker. "There are people worse than us," he said. 我曾在酒吧里講這個故事，當時有個銀行家憤怒地回應：“有人比我們更加過分。
• Unsurprisingly, professional athletes grew irate at the insinuation that similar lewd remarks were commonplace in men's locker rooms. 不出所料，職業運動員們對此感到氣憤，因為這暗諷類似的下流用於在運動員的更衣室很常見。