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词汇 rankling
释义 rankling
present participle ofrankle
rankle
verb[ I ]
uk /ˈræŋ.kəl/ us /ˈræŋ.kəl/
to make someone annoyed or angry for a long time: 使人耿耿于怀;令人怀恨;使人怨愤不已
The unkind way in which his girlfriend left him still rankled with him long after.他女朋友如此不义地抛弃他,长久以来一直让他愤恨不已。
[ + that ]It still rankles that she got promoted, and I didn't.她升职了,而我却没有,这事一直让我耿耿于怀。
Synonym
grate
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
aggravate
aggrieve
alienate
anger
annoy
bend
go too faridiom
goat
grate
hack someone off
harass
joke
nark
nose
rub someone up the wrong wayidiom
ruffle
ruffle someone's feathersidiom
set someone's teeth on edgeidiom
step/tread on someone's toesidiom
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Examples of rankling


rankling

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


That she does so without the rankling of those whose tendency is to mystify is a considerable achievement.
I have had brought to my notice a considerable number of cases which have been rejected, and they are rankling in people's minds.
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They were a rankling sore in the thirties of the last decade and were partly responsible for the atmosphere out of which the war grew.
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That is one of the reasons why this was a rankling sore among trade unionists.
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This leaves a rankling sense of grievance and, indeed, it is a case of injustice.
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There is a rankling sense of injustice in the minds of the workers that they are being unfairly taxed by this tax.
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Where was the great volume of hostile opinion, the thousands of soldiers who were rankling under an injustice?
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An amount of fair argument may be brought forward on behalf of the objectors, and a rankling feeling of wrong is spread throughout the locality.
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They, and perhaps they only, in the court are the people who might have a rankling sense of injustice.
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That shows clearly what a rankling sense of injustice there can be in these circumstances.
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Despite this, the problem has gone on rankling with these people.
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They will do very much more harm than good, and will leave behind a sense of rankling injustice.
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Is not that bound to lead to tension and rankling feelings between such people, and towards difficulties in the scheme?
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I think you will still leave a sense of a great deal of unfairness and injustice rankling in the workers' minds.
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But the grievance has left a little rankling.
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