anger: [12] The original notion contained in this word was of ‘distress’ or ‘affliction’; ‘rage’ did not begin to enter the picture until the 13th century. English acquired it from Old Norse angr ‘grief’, and it is connected with a group of words which contain connotations of ‘constriction’: German and Dutch eng (and Old English enge) mean ‘narrow’, Greek ánkhein meant ‘squeeze, strangle’ (English gets angina from it), and Latin angustus (source of English anguish) also meant ‘narrow’. All these forms point back to an Indo-European base *angg- ‘narrow’. => angina, anguish
anger (v.)
c. 1200, "to irritate, annoy, provoke," from Old Norse angra "to grieve, vex, distress; to be vexed at, take offense with," from Proto-Germanic *angus (cognates: Old English enge "narrow, painful," Middle Dutch enghe, Gothic aggwus "narrow"), from PIE root *angh- "tight, painfully constricted, painful" (cognates: Sanskrit amhu- "narrow," amhah "anguish;" Armenian anjuk "narrow;" Lithuanian ankstas "narrow;" Greek ankhein "to squeeze," ankhone "a strangling;" Latin angere "to throttle, torment;" Old Irish cum-ang "straitness, want"). In Middle English, also of physical pain. Meaning "excite to wrath, make angry" is from late 14c. Related: Angered; angering.
anger (n.)
mid-13c., "distress, suffering; anguish, agony," also "hostile attitude, ill will, surliness," from Old Norse angr "distress, grief. sorrow, affliction," from the same root as anger (v.). Sense of "rage, wrath" is early 14c. Old Norse also had angr-gapi "rash, foolish person;" angr-lauss "free from care;" angr-lyndi "sadness, low spirits."
权威例句
1. He still had a lot of pent-up anger to release.
他还有很多强压的愤怒要发泄。
2. Jennifer responded with anger and played the martyr role.
珍妮弗做出愤怒的反应,开始大倒苦水。
3. Andy's face paled with disappointment; perhaps with anger as well.
安迪的脸色由于失望而变得苍白,也许还掺杂着气愤。
4. Frustration, anger and desperation have led to a series of wildcat strikes.
挫败感、愤怒和绝望引起了一系列自发性的罢工。
5. "What did Moira tell you?" Liz demanded with a flash of anger.
【resentment, fury, anger, indignation】
这组词都有“愤怒、生气”的意思,其区别是:
resentment: n.愤恨,怨恨,不满,是正式用语,尤指由于受侮辱或自尊心受到伤害后而产生的愤慨。
• There was a feeling of resentment in the office after everyone's pay was lowered. 大家的工资降低后,办公室里怨声载道。
fury: n.暴怒,大怒,程度较anger要强。
anger: n.气愤,生气,是一般用语。
• After their argument, he expressed his anger by punching the other man in the face. 争吵之后,他一拳打在那个人的脸上以发泄怒气。
indignation: n.义愤,尤其指出于道义上的激愤。
• general indignation at the sudden steep rise in bus fares 公共汽车票价突然猛增激起的公愤