embitter

• vt. 使怨恨；使难受；使受苦

em-, 进入，使。bitter, 苦。

embitter (v.)

c. 1600, from em- (1) + bitter (adj.). Now rare in its literal sense; figurative meaning first attested 1630s. Related: Embittered; embitterment.

1. The loss of all his money embitter the old man.

失去全部的钱,使这位老人甚为痛苦.

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2. Such catastrophe was of course likely to embitter the French nation.

这灾祸自然更会加重法国的痛苦.

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3. Hops serve to embitter beer.

酒花的作用是使啤酒发苦.

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4. You are not fit to mix with the world - it would only embitter you.

你是个不宜与世共处的人,这个世界只会给你带来痛苦.

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5. Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

21你们作父亲的 、 不要惹儿女的气 、 恐怕他们失了志气.

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