resent
verb [ T ] uk/rɪˈzent/ us/rɪˈzent/
C2 感到愤恨；不满；憎恶
to feel angry because you have been forced to accept someone or something that you do not like
She bitterly resented her father's new wife. 她对她父亲新娶的妻子恨之入骨。
[ + -ing verb ] He resents having to explain his work to other people. 他讨厌非得向人们解释他的工作。
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- People still resent the closure of the local school.
- I resent paying extra for my drink just because it's in a posey bottle!
- We resent these insinuations that we are not capable of leading the company forward.
- I resent it that my job is starting to encroach on my family life.
- He resents the way his ideas have been hijacked by others in the department.