"get your hackles up" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 被激怒
• 變得防備

Definition

因為感覺受到威脅或侮辱而變得惱火、生氣或變得防備。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這是非正式的慣用語，來源於動物受威脅時毛髮豎起的行為。用於形容人在感到被冒犯或威脅時的防衛或不悅。常見用法有 'make someone get their hackles up'。多指防備或不滿，不一定是激烈的憤怒。

Examples

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

別**生氣**，我只是想幫忙。

Her comments really got my hackles up.

她的話真的**讓我很不爽**。

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

有時候小事也會讓你**不知不覺就生氣了**。

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

每次有人質疑他的想法時，他總會**變得防備**。

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

那封無禮的郵件一大早就讓你**很不爽**。

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

盡量別**生氣**——他們可能沒惡意。