6
annoy/annoyance/annoyed/annoying

What do they mean?

annoy使……生氣verb

annoy表示“用超過某人或動物忍受程度的行為引起不快”。

• The wasp will not sting you unless you annoy it.

你不惹牠，黃蜂不會螫你。

• It annoys me when children do not say 'please' or 'thank you'.

孩子們如不說“請”或“謝謝”表示禮貌，我會不高興。

annoyance惱怒noun

annoyance指“被惹得不高興之後的情緒”。

• Jane said she didn't mind, but there was a look of annoyance on her face.

簡說她不介意，但她臉露不悅。

• You should not do anything that might cause annoyance to other passengers.

你不應做出任何令其他乘客不快的事。

annoyed惱怒，氣惱adjective

be annoyed表示“感到不快”。

• We were annoyed to discover that the train had left five minutes early.

我們得知火車提前五分鐘開走時感到很生氣。

annoying惱人；討厭adjective

annoying形容“令人不快的事物”。

• The air conditioning was making an annoying noise that kept me awake.

空調機發出討厭噪音令我無法入睡。

Fill in the blanks.

1　Nothing_______me more than hearing someone's mobile phone ring in the middle of a show.

2　Carol's brother was_______when he found out she had taken his camera without permission.

3　Billy showed his_______by slamming the door as he left the room.

4　It is one of those_______tunes that you cannot get out of your head after you have heard it.