chagrin

'ʃægrin

托福GRE

n. strong feelings of embarrassment

n. 懊恼
vt. 使懊恼

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chagrin 源于法语，表示“忧伤”或“懊恼”，没有明显的英语词根词缀，但可以联想到“chagrin”的含义与情感有关。

例句

1. She felt deep chagrin when she realized she had forgotten her best friend's birthday.

她意识到自己忘记了最好朋友的生日时感到深深的懊恼。

2. To his chagrin, he discovered that he had failed the exam despite studying hard.

令他懊恼的是，尽管努力学习，他还是发现自己考试失败了。

3. Her chagrin was evident when she saw the embarrassing mistake in her presentation.

当她看到自己演示中的尴尬错误时，她的懊恼显而易见。