chagrin
n. (由失敗等引起的)懊惱,懊喪,悔恨
Chagrin is a feeling of disappointment, upset, or annoyance, perhaps because of your own failure.
One of the first things we did when we moved in, to the chagrin of the architect, was to replace the leaded windows.
讓建築師大為懊惱的是,我們搬進去最先做的事情之一就是換掉了花飾鉛條窗。
1. strong feelings of embarrassment
1. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of;
Much to Mr Nixon's chagrin, the media only quoted the first half of that sentence.
令尼克松十分不爽的是, 媒體僅僅引用了這句話的前半部分.
Much to his chagrin, he did not win the race.
使他大為懊惱的是他賽跑沒獲勝.
Oh is crawling, more power chagrin.
哦,是爬行, 更多的權力懊惱.
Much to our chagrin, you've done it again.
令我們遺憾的是, 你又這麼做了.
Chagrin and annoyance tossed her to and fro.
悔恨與煩惱令她輾轉反側.