"put your back up" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 惹惱
• 使生氣

Definition

如果某人讓你生氣或感到被冒犯，這叫‘put your back up’。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

是英式英語的口語，意思是讓人感到惱怒或被冒犯，通常不是有意的。美式英語中較少使用，也可用於不同人稱：'put his back up'。

Examples

Her comments really put my back up.

她的話真的**惹惱了我**。

That rude attitude always puts his back up.

那種無禮的態度總是**讓他生氣**。

You shouldn't put your back up over small things.

你不該因為小事就**生氣**。

The way he spoke to me really put my back up.

他說話的方式真的**讓我生氣了**。

Don't put her back up by criticizing her ideas in front of everyone.

別在大家面前批評她的想法，這會**讓她生氣**。

Those little comments from your boss can really put your back up sometimes.

你老闆那些小評論有時候真的會**讓你惱火**。