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

• This was unusual territory for an economist in the1990s, but his interest was piqued while he was researching unemployment at the London School of Economics.
  在20世纪90年代，这对于经济学家而言仍是一个很不寻常的领域。然而，当他还在伦敦经济学院进行失业研究时，就已经对这一领域产生了兴趣。
• He seemed piqued when I said he could have tried harder.
  当我说他本可以更努力地试一试的时候，他似乎生气了。
• But in recent years, American women ( and beauty companies), their interest piqued by the BB cream, began to look more closely at Korean multistep skin-care regimens, and they liked what they saw.
  但是近些年，美国女人（以及美国化妆品公司）对韩国的兴趣被BB霜勾了起来，开始更密切地关注韩式多步护肤法，她们对其护肤效果也感到满意。
• 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。
• 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。
• But this has raised public ire to a certain extent and has also piqued the government.
  但是它在一定程度上激起了公众的愤怒，政府的不满也在暗暗滋生。
• Lu's fabulous performance piqued the curiosity of fans, and, inspired by him, many have taken to studying the art of magic.
  刘谦惊人的表演激起了粉丝们的好奇心，并且，在他的鼓舞下，很多人去学习了魔术艺术。
• 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。
• I was heartily piqued at the rogue.
  我心里非常不满意这个流氓。
• Whatever the truth of this argument, interest in investing in Forex has been piqued by the woes of other asset classes.
  无论这一点正确与否，其它资产类别遭遇的灾难打击了人们投资外汇的兴趣。