irritate學測 L6KK [ˈɪrɪˌtet] ｜ /ˈɪrɪˌteɪt/
惹惱；使心煩·使發炎；刺激皮膚
學測常考動詞，情緒與生理刺激通用
The mosquito bite still irritates her skin, and her noisy brother still irritates her.
蚊子咬的地方還在刺激她的皮膚，吵鬧的弟弟也還在惹惱她。
一個畫面：反覆摩擦刺激
皮膚搔癢粗糙材質反覆摩擦，皮膚泛紅發癢
情緒惹惱小動作一再出現，讓人心浮氣躁
義項
情緒惹惱C1verb惹惱；使心煩
His loud laugh during the exam irritated her.
他段考時的大笑聲讓她很惱火。
get irritatedeasily irritated
皮膚刺激C1verb使發炎；刺激皮膚
The mosquito bite irritated my skin and it turned red.
蚊子咬的地方刺激了我的皮膚，變得又紅又腫。
irritate the skinirritate the eyes
片語
get irritated被惹毛 →感到惱怒不耐煩
irritate the skin刺激皮膚 →讓皮膚感到不適發炎
easily irritated一點就炸 →很容易被惹惱
你會不會這樣說？
This rough fabric can ___ your skin. (irritate / irrigate)
看答案
irritate
irritate 指惹惱；irrigate 指灌溉，兩字外型相近。
'The rough fabric irritated her skin.' 這裡的 irritate 最接近哪個意思？(A) 使發炎、刺激皮膚 (B) 使心情惹惱
看答案
(A)
主詞是皮膚，符合刺激發炎義項，而非情緒惹惱義項。
字族
irritating 令人惱怒的・irritation 刺激；惱怒感
順路看看
annoy — 語感較輕的惹惱，日常最常用bother — 強調造成麻煩，不一定引發怒氣多益練習
本區為多益情境練習，與上方釋義獨立編寫
情境例句
辦公室干擾
The repeated notification sounds irritated everyone during the planning meeting.
規劃會議期間，反覆響起的通知聲讓大家感到心煩。
倉庫作業
Dust from the old boxes irritated my eyes while I was sorting supplies.
我整理物資時，舊紙箱上的灰塵刺激了我的眼睛，讓我感到不適。
詞族
irritation noun 惱怒；身體受到刺激的不適・irritated adjective 感到惱怒的；受到刺激的・irritating adjective 令人心煩的；有刺激性的
四選一
Repeated interruptions can ____ employees who are trying to concentrate.
看答案
irritate
can 後需要原形動詞 irritate，並以 employees 作受詞，表示使員工心煩。irritation 是名詞；irritating 是形容詞或 -ing 形式；irritated 是過去式、過去分詞或形容詞，都不符合此處結構。
同義改寫
The constant clicking of his pen irritated his coworkers. → The constant clicking of his pen annoyed his coworkers.
此處描述反覆聲響造成的情緒困擾，irritated 與 annoyed 都表示使同事感到心煩。
Dust from the storage shelves irritated my eyes. → Dust from the storage shelves caused discomfort in my eyes.
此處 irritated 指眼睛受到刺激而不適；改寫保留原因與不適部位，未額外推論疾病或傷害程度。