"get your hackles up" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 被激怒
• 变得防备

Definition

因为感觉受到威胁或侮辱而变得恼火、生气或开始防备。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

这是一个非正式的习语，来源于动物受到威胁时背部毛发竖起的现象。常用于形容人因为被冒犯或威胁而变得防备或恼火。常见搭配：'make someone get their hackles up'。通常指防御或不满，而不是极度愤怒。

Examples

Don't get your hackles up—I'm only trying to help.

别**生气**，我只是想帮忙。

Her comments really got my hackles up.

她的话真的**让我很不爽**。

Sometimes little things can get your hackles up without you realizing it.

有时候小事也会让你**不知不觉就生气了**。

He always gets his hackles up when someone questions his ideas.

每次有人质疑他的想法时，他总会**变得防备**。

That rude email was enough to get your hackles up first thing in the morning.

那封无礼的邮件一大早就让你**很不爽**。

Try not to get your hackles up—they probably didn’t mean anything by it.

尽量别**生气**——他们可能没恶意。