embitter

• vt. 使怨恨；使難受；使受苦

em-, 進入，使。bitter, 苦。

embitter (v.)

c. 1600, from em- (1) + bitter (adj.). Now rare in its literal sense; figurative meaning first attested 1630s. Related: Embittered; embitterment.

1. The loss of all his money embitter the old man.

失去全部的錢,使這位老人甚為痛苦.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. Such catastrophe was of course likely to embitter the French nation.

這災禍自然更會加重法國的痛苦.

來自辭典例句

3. Hops serve to embitter beer.

酒花的作用是使啤酒發苦.

來自辭典例句

4. You are not fit to mix with the world - it would only embitter you.

你是個不宜與世共處的人,這個世界隻會給你帶來痛苦.

來自辭典例句

5. Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

21你們作父親的 、 不要惹兒女的氣 、 恐怕他們失了誌氣.

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