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stung

sting的过去式和过去分词

stung

[ adj ]
aroused to impatience or anger
<adj.all>
made an irritated gesturefeeling nettled from the constant teasing
peeved about being left out
felt really pissed at her snootiness
riled no end by his lies
roiled by the delay

Sting \Sting\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stung}(Archaic {Stang}); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Stinging}.] [AS. stingan; akin to Icel. & Sw.
stinga, Dan. stinge, and probably to E. stick, v.t.; cf.
Goth. usstiggan to put out, pluck out. Cf. {Stick}, v. t.]
1. To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an
animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands.

2. To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse;
to bite. ``Slander stings the brave.'' --Pope.

3. To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches.

Stung \Stung\,
imp. & p. p. of {Sting}.

But even sophisticated professionals were stung.
The ticket-tax proposal was first floated last fall, when the airlines were stung by a spike in jet fuel costs.
Ford workers have been "stung" by "this wholesale Japanization," Mr. Whipp says.
He was stung as his party prepared to tee off Saturday at the Medinah Country Club, authorities said.
Big employers, stung by the recession, again hope to limit painful layoffs by giving senior employees temporary incentives to leave.
For example, he has stung Messrs.
Supporters of voter-approved insurance rate rollbacks were stung by a recommendation that insurers be allowed a 13.2 percent profit for last year and up to 19 percent in the future.
If it had stung you it would have been bad for you.' Puzzled, and slightly alarmed, I finished the round and gave my protector an extra tip for his heroic action.
The latter ranking especially stung Goldome officials, who point out that Chairman Ross B. Kenzie was a key player in downtown redevelopment and someone who consistently urged Buffalo residents not to lose confidence in their city.
Accordingly, they were among the hardest stung when that market proved to be illiquid and interest evaporated last year.
Manuel Antonio Noriega, stung by recent street protests demanding his ouster, has failed in an attempt to stir up "anti-Yankee" sentiments in Panama.
And they will be stung by the SAS board's decision to omit a dividend for 1990.
For 20 years, the U.S. military has felt stung by Vietnam, betrayed by politicians and the press and unfairly blamed for the defeat.
A preacher was stung to death by a swarm of bees that invaded a church service in central Nigeria, Radio Nigeria reported Monday.
Creditors and the pension group have been stung by the recent Eastern Airlines and Continental Airlines Chapter 11 filings, and many industry experts figure their patience may wear thin this time.
Bleckert was stung on the inside of her lower lip before she bit the scorpion in half, said a hospital spokeswoman who would not give her name.
Takeover-stock traders, stung by their huge losses in UAL stock, remained eager for some action by an outside catalyst following the collapse Oct. 13 of a $300-a-share, $6.79 billion labor-management buy-out.
To the contrary, it tends to raise them, for much the same reasons that letting a cost-plus contract is a good way to get stung.
The Arthur Daley character employed in the Leeds' commercials has, it seems, been stung by National & Provincial's bee.
And its insurance plan, stung by heavy losses, has dropped out of about half the geographical markets in which it once did business.
In the late 1980s, some firms were stung by merchant banking losses that led to credit downgrades.
Ryan was stung by a bee as they ran through the cornfield from the plane.
The banks, stung by a national economic slump, would be expected to repay the fund when their finances improve.
I was stung by Mr. Kristol's article.
But many of the foreigners, stung by Japanese prejudice, say they don't want to stay.
Sony's Columbia Pictures unit, for example, recently yanked its "Radio Flyer" movie from the summer schedule, fearing it would get lost in the glut of summer films, leaving three promotional partners stung.
Anheuser-Busch, which uses the bull terrier Spuds McKenzie in some of its beer ads, evidently was so stung by this kind of criticism that it agreed to donate $250,000 to the Texas chapter of Students Against Drunk Driving.
Perhaps stung by the attacks, he returned to Nigeria, and in an act of defiance which set him on a collision course with the military, announced that he was Nigeria's only lawful leader.
Sullivan, himself, was stung last week when one lawmaker quoted the prospective secretary as saying he opposed overturning the Roe vs. Wade ruling.
Mutual Benefit has been stung by real estate losses that totaled $200 million at the end of last year, according to Standard & Poor's Corp.

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