"get your back up" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 生氣
• 發脾氣（防衛心強）

Definition

因為覺得被批評或威脅而生氣或變得防衛。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

較口語，英式和加拿大英語中較常見。形容因批評或威脅而敏感或生氣，不是字面上的"背"。

Examples

Try not to get your back up when someone gives you advice.

別人給你建議時，盡量不要**生氣**。

My brother always gets his back up if you call him lazy.

如果你說我弟弟懶，他總會**生氣**。

She gets her back up when people question her ideas.

當有人質疑她的想法時，她就會**生氣**。

He really gets his back up over small things—just ignore him.

他總是因小事**生氣**——別理他。

Don't get your back up; she's just teasing you.

別**生氣**，她只是開玩笑而已。

You don't have to get your back up every time someone disagrees with you.

每次有人不同意你，你都不必**生氣**。