resent學測 L6KK [rɪˈzɛnt]/rɪˈzɛnt/
忿恨;心懷怨恨·不滿;心生不平
及物動詞,後面不可加介系詞
She still resents her sister for getting the family business, even though it happened years ago.

她仍然忿恨姊姊獨占了家族事業,即使那已經是多年前的事。

resent 只能當動詞,很多人誤以為它本身是名詞,其實名詞形式是 resentment。

一個畫面:嚥下不滿的苦水

苦味湧上覺得受了委屈,心裡泛苦
強忍不說表面平靜,其實暗自不滿
日積月累忿恨隨時間慢慢累積加深

義項

私人恩怨C1verb忿恨;心懷怨恨
Tom resented his brother for winning the game every time.
Tom忿恨他哥哥每次都贏得比賽。
bitterly resentopenly resent
處境不公C1verb不滿;心生不平
Many students resent having extra homework right after a big exam.
很多學生對段考後還要寫額外作業這件事感到不滿。
strongly resentsecretly resent

片語

deeply resent怨恨入骨 →打從心底非常怨恨
resent it when最恨這樣 →很不滿某事發生時
come to resent漸漸積怨 →時間久了逐漸忿恨
still resent多年後仍恨 →經過多年依然忿恨

你會不會這樣說?

He looks at the ___ news with anger. (resent / recent)

看答案

recent

recent 是「最近的」,resent 是「忿恨」動詞,兩字只差一個字母。

I resent ___ criticized in front of my classmates. (being / for being)

看答案

being

resent 是及物動詞,直接接受詞,不需要加 for 之類的介系詞。

字族

resentment 忿恨;怨恨的情緒・resentful 心懷怨恨的;忿忿不平的

順路看看

grudge長期記恨,常伴隨想報復的念頭

延伸練習

回報這個字的錯誤