bitterly
bitterly — 副詞
1. with strong, lasting anger toward someone — often because they did something you
憤恨地
帶著憤怒與不平的口吻或態度
with strong, lasting anger toward someone — often because they did something you cannot forgive or forget.
Zane complained bitterly about the unfair grade his teacher gave him.
Zane 對老師給的不公平分數忿忿地抱怨。
complain bitterly + about + noun phrase
The factory workers spoke bitterly of the manager who had cut their wages.
工廠工人們憤恨地談起那位削減他們工資的經理。
speak bitterly of + person
Mei still resents her brother bitterly for selling their late mother's house.
Mei 至今仍憤恨哥哥把已故母親的房子賣掉。
Local farmers bitterly oppose the new road that will cut through their fields.
當地農民憤恨地反對這條將穿過他們田地的新路。
- resentfully
very close in meaning; slightly more formal.
- angrily
broader; lacks the sense of long-held grievance.
- acrimoniously
formal; usually describes disputes or arguments rather than feelings.
- warmly
with friendly, kind feeling.
- graciously
with polite acceptance, even when disappointed.
文法句型
bitterly + verb of speaking/feeling (complain, resent, oppose)
用法筆記
Subject is usually a person or group with a real grievance. Frequently pairs with verbs of speech (complain, protest), feeling (resent, regret), and opposition (oppose, criticise). Distinguish from sense 2: this sense centres on anger toward another party; sense 2 centres on personal sadness.
常見錯誤
2. with deep, painful sorrow — usually after a loss, a failure, or a bad outcome yo
悲痛地；痛心
因失落或失敗而感到深切痛苦
with deep, painful sorrow — usually after a loss, a failure, or a bad outcome you cannot change.
The little boy wept bitterly when his puppy did not come home that night.
那個小男孩在小狗那晚沒回家時哭得很傷心。
weep / cry bitterly
Sofia was bitterly disappointed when the medical school rejected her application.
醫學院拒絕 Sofia 的申請時，她極為失望。
bitterly disappointed + by/about
Years later, Daniel still regrets bitterly that he never visited his grandmother in hospital.
多年後，Daniel 仍深深懊悔自己從沒去醫院看過外婆。
The whole village mourned bitterly for the children lost in the river flood.
整個村莊為那些在河水氾濫中喪生的孩子悲痛哀悼。
文法句型
bitterly + verb of crying/regretting/disappointing
用法筆記
Common in fixed pairings: 'bitterly disappointed', 'weep / cry bitterly', 'bitterly regret'. Distinguish from sense 1 (guide_word ANGRY RESENTMENT): here the feeling is sorrow turned inward, not anger turned outward at someone else.
常見錯誤
3. to a degree that the cold feels painful and hard to bear; used almost only with
刺骨地
用於形容冷到難以忍受的程度
to a degree that the cold feels painful and hard to bear; used almost only with words about cold weather.
It was bitterly cold on the mountain, and our fingers went numb within minutes.
山上冷得刺骨，我們的手指幾分鐘內就凍到沒知覺。
bitterly cold (fixed collocation)
A bitterly cold wind blew across the empty car park as we waited for the bus.
我們在空蕩的停車場等公車時，刺骨的寒風從旁邊吹過。
a bitterly cold + wind / night / morning
The hikers struggled through a bitterly cold January night on the way down to the village.
登山客在一月一個刺骨寒冷的夜裡，艱難地下山回到村子。
January in Helsinki can be bitterly cold, with temperatures falling well below minus twenty.
Helsinki 的一月可能極為嚴寒，氣溫遠低於零下二十度。
- bone-chillingly
vivid, informal; emphasises feeling the cold deep inside.
- piercingly
describes cold that feels sharp, especially wind.
- savagely
stronger and more dramatic; common in news writing about weather.
- pleasantly
mild and comfortable, the opposite of biting cold.
文法句型
bitterly + cold / cold-related adjective
用法筆記
Almost always followed by 'cold', 'freezing', or a noun referring to cold conditions ('wind', 'night', 'winter'). Do not use this sense to mean 'extremely' before unrelated adjectives — 'bitterly tired' or 'bitterly hot' sound wrong.