"raise your hackles" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 讓人生氣
• 惹惱某人

Definition

讓某人感到非常生氣、惱怒或防備，就像動物豎起毛髮一樣。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

非正式用語，描述某事讓人很生氣或感到不舒服，特別是惱人的評論。比喻用法，通常講人不是物品。

Examples

That loud noise really raised my hackles.

那個很大的噪音真的**讓我生氣了**。

His rude words raised her hackles immediately.

他粗魯的話立刻**讓她生氣了**。

Negative comments online can raise people's hackles.

網上的負面評論會**讓人們惱火**。

Nothing raises my hackles faster than being blamed for something I didn't do.

沒有什麼比被誤會更**讓我火大**。

The way he talks to people can really raise your hackles if you're not patient.

他跟人說話的方式，如果沒耐心，真的會**讓你很不爽**。

I try not to let little things raise my hackles, but sometimes it's hard.

我盡量不讓小事**讓我生氣**，但有時真的很難。