動詞 irritate:

1. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
   同義詞：annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
2. excite to an abnormal condition, of chafe or inflame
   同義詞：irritate
3. excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus
   同義詞：irritate

形容詞 irritating:

1. causing irritation or annoyance
   同義詞：annoying, bothersome, galling, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing
2. (used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite
   同義詞：irritative
3. causing physical discomfort
   同義詞：painful

1. Readers may find the pretension and arrogance of her style irritating.
   讀者可以感覺到她文章中的狂妄自負(fù)令人反感。
2. She found his preoccupation with money irritating.
   她發(fā)覺他心里只有錢，感到很生氣。
3. He's taken on some irritating mannerisms.
   他新添了些討人嫌的怪毛病。
4. He has the irritating habit of smoking during meals.
   他有邊吃飯邊抽煙那讓人討厭的習(xí)慣。
5. That is extremely irritating.
   這使人極為惱火。
6. The children's constant chatter was irritating.
   那些孩子們喋喋不休的說話聲使人心煩。
7. His obstinacy was irritating.
   他那頑固的勁真氣人。
8. I found the formality of the occasion irritating.
   我覺得這種場合的繁文縟節(jié)十分討厭。