peeve
peeve — 動詞
- peevepresent simple I / you / we / they
- peeves3rd person singular
- peeving-ing form
- peevedpast simple
1. to make someone feel slightly angry or bothered by a small problem or rude act
惹惱
讓人因小事而不快
to make someone feel slightly angry or bothered by a small problem or rude act
The constant tapping from the next desk peeved Amelia all morning.
隔壁桌不停的敲擊聲整個早上都在惹惱 Amelia。
repeated small irritation as subject + peeve + person
A broken card machine peeved customers outside the fruit shop.
壞掉的刷卡機讓水果店外等候的顧客很不快。
The airline's second seat change peeved Emre before boarding began.
航空公司第二次換座位，在登機前就惹惱了 Emre。
Yuki's little brother kept borrowing her charger, and that peeved her.
Yuki 的弟弟一直借她的充電器，這讓她很不悅。
The coach's late text peeved Vikram after he reached the station.
教練那則晚來的簡訊在 Vikram 到車站後惹惱了他。
文法句型
peeve + somebody
something peeves somebody
用法筆記
The thing causing the annoyance is usually the subject, and the annoyed person is the direct object. It usually suggests mild, personal irritation rather than deep anger.
常見錯誤
peeve — 名詞
- peevesingular
- peevesplural
1. a particular habit, action, or situation that keeps bothering someone in a perso
煩心事
特別讓人一直心煩的事
a particular habit, action, or situation that keeps bothering someone in a personal way
The dripping tap in the guest room became Christopher's nightly peeve.
客房裡那個一直滴水的水龍頭成了 Christopher 每晚的煩心事。
become + person's + peeve
For Yasmin, people who chew loudly are a serious peeve.
對 Yasmin 來說，別人大聲咀嚼是件很惱人的煩心事。
Aarav's main peeve at work is meetings that start late.
Aarav 在工作上最主要的煩心事，就是會議老是晚開始。
One family peeve is shoes left outside the bathroom door.
有個家庭裡常見的煩心事，就是鞋子被放在浴室門外。
Slow reply-all emails are Reuben's biggest office peeve.
老是按「全部回覆」的郵件，是 Reuben 辦公室裡最大的煩心事。
文法句型
somebody's peeve
main peeve is + noun phrase
biggest peeve
用法筆記
This sense names the thing that causes the irritation, not the feeling itself. It often appears with words like main, biggest, office, family, or pet because the annoyance is tied to a person or group.
常見錯誤
2. a lingering feeling of irritated resentment after something unfair or rude has h
怨氣；惱火
心裡一直帶著的不滿與煩躁
a lingering feeling of irritated resentment after something unfair or rude has happened
A touch of peeve stayed in the manager's voice after the rude reply.
那句無禮的回話後，經理的聲音裡還帶著一絲怨氣。
a touch of peeve for a slight but lasting mood
Several fans still carried a peeve after the unfair result.
對那個不公平的結果，好幾位球迷心裡仍帶著惱火。
The apology slowly cleared the peeve from Christopher's voice.
那句道歉慢慢把 Christopher 聲音裡的怨氣消了下去。
By sunset, the old peeve about the broken promise had eased.
到了日落時，對那次失約的舊怨氣才慢慢散去。
- resentment
stronger and more lasting, often tied to deeper unfairness
- irritation
broader and more neutral for the annoyed feeling itself
- ill feeling
focuses on bad feeling between people rather than a single event
文法句型
a touch of peeve
carry a peeve
peeve in somebody's voice
用法筆記
This use is rarer than sense 1 and points to the irritated feeling itself, not the cause. It often appears in descriptive writing with words such as touch, old, or lingering.