Irk

(v. t.) To weary; to give pain; to annoy; -- used only impersonally at present.

校对:马特

• In most of us, irked by its conventions and complexities, there stirs the nomad strain. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It irked him that he was forced to make one exception to this rule. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I think she bucklered herself with the secret philosophy of her strong mind, and resolved to forget what it irked her to remember. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Sylvie watched the mood contemplative; its stillness irked her; she whined and jumped to break it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Nothing irks me like the idea of being a burden and a bore--an inevitable burden, a ceaseless bore! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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