Vex

(verb.) subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation; 'vex the subject of the death penalty'.

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• I do not want to vex you; and besides, we must speak gently, for mamma is asleep; but your whole manner offends me--' 'How! 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• I suppose you have had as little to vex you since you came into this house as any creature in the world. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• It is an excellent plan to have some place where we can go to be quiet, when things vex or grieve us. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Nay, nay; work is my delight, child, when it doesn't vex your mother. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Few things shook me now; few things had importance to vex, intimidate, or depress me: most things pleased--mere trifles had a charm. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I did not do so to wound or to vex; interrupted I, but you are too touchy and susceptible. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• He thought to provoke a warm reply; I had seen him vex the passionate to explosion before now. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• No, no; it must be something else if he were really vexed, Ladislaw is a sort of gypsy; he thinks nothing of leather and prunella. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• That was Mr. Wildeve who passed, miss, he said slowly, and expressed by his face that he expected her to feel vexed at having been sitting unseen. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Elizabeth could hardly help laughing at so convenient a proposal; yet was really vexed that her mother should be always giving him such an epithet. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Don't be vexed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Something had vexed you before you came in, you looked cross. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• She was vexed to see that, in spite of so many years of vigilance, she had blundered twice within five minutes. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• It was only when I saw him really unhappy that I felt really vexed with the fair, frail cause of his suffering. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• You felt no remorse in vexing me, last night. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Of course I contradict the tale everywhere; but it is very vexing, and I wonder how it could have originated. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• You take delight in vexing me. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• It will save you from many troubles of the vexing sort. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The redundancy of his alertness was half-vexing, half-ludicrous: in my mind I both disapproved and derided most of this fuss. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Besides, you have got a wrong notion in your head as usual, Dodo--I can see that: it vexes me. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Very much; it vexes me even. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Yet the man is peremptory and secret: his secrecy vexes me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• What vexes me, my poor Emmy, is not my misfortune, but yours, George said. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• But my younger daughter, Mrs General, rather worries and vexes my thoughts. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.

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