piqued

英 [piːkt]

美 [piːkt]

adj.  (常指为小事)生气的，恼怒的，愠怒的
v.  使愤恨; 使恼怒
pique的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：piqued　

COCA.38751

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （常指为小事）生气的，恼怒的，愠怒的
  If someone ispiqued, they are offended or annoyed, often by something that is not very important.
  1. Granny was astounded and a little piqued, I think, because it had all been arranged without her knowledge...
     奶奶很吃惊，我想还有点儿生气，因为所有这些安排都没有告诉过她。
  2. She wrinkled her nose, piqued by his total lack of enthusiasm.
     她皱皱鼻子，为他毫无热情而感到不快。

双语例句

• He had contributed little to the conversation, but his interest was piqued when they started talking about how long they could go on like this against the machines.
  他不知道该说些什么，不过当他们开始谈论有关反抗机器的事情时，他表现出了极大的兴趣。
• I was heartily piqued at the rogue.
  我心里非常不满意这个流氓。
• Her interest piqued, she began to explore the wines of France and Italy and, when she returned to New York, she attended the famous Windows on the World Wine School, then on the top two floors of the World Trade Center.
  这挑起了她的兴趣，她开始探索法国葡萄酒和意大利葡萄酒，然后，当她回到纽约，就参加了当时占据世贸中心顶楼两层的全球葡萄酒之窗学院（WindowsontheWorldWineSchool）。
• Has the Samsung gear piqued your interest?
  你们对三星Gear感兴趣吗？
• However, my interest was genuinely piqued when I was shown one of the solar shingles-not panels, shingles-of which the roof was constructed.
  然而，当我看到一块用于铺设屋顶的太阳能瓦片――不是面板，是瓦片――时，我的兴趣真正被勾了起来。
• That piqued my curiosity.
  那件事激发了我的好奇心。
• I was piqued by her refusal.
  她的拒绝使我生气。
• The kids peered over my shoulder as I perused my email inbox, their curiosity piqued by the endless stream of solicitations having to do with one aspect or another of sex, sex, sex!
  孩子们从我的肩头盯着我查邮件，与性有这样或那样关系的无止境的诱惑激起了他们的好奇心。
• His curiosity was piqued by the locked box.
  那个上了锁的箱子引起他的好奇心。
• The recent rise of the renminbi has also piqued Chinese investors 'interest in overseas assets, he notes.
  他指出，最近人民币的升值也刺激了中国投资者对海外资产的兴趣。