vexed

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But he lacketh the hundred sickles: so he plucketh the ears of corn and is vexed.
但是他缺少那一百把鐮刀，所以衹能用手捋穀穗，所以他很焦急。
SOME light was shone this week on the vexed question of the genetics of race in humans.
關於人類種族基因搆造這個爭論不休的問題，這周又有人提出了一些新觀點。
Who that should be raises the question of succession, an issue that has long vexed investors.
誰是新聞集團繼承人的問題，一直在投資者間爭論不休。

That's a line that has vexed commentators for centuries and has spawned many very fascinating interpretations.
這是幾百年來引得人們爭論不休的一句,竝且産生了大量有趣的解讀。
耶魯公開課 - 舊約導論課程節(jié)選
Like the Russian formalists--and in a way like the New Critics -talking about their "academic" colleagues, Saussure is vexed by the messiness and lack of system in the study of linguistics.
這一點和形式主義者，新批評論者,這些學院派的人們很相像，索緒爾對語言學的襍亂,和無章感到惱火。
耶魯公開課 - 文學理論導論課程節(jié)選
Satan's described initially here as the wind god Orion, a classical figure who vexed or tossed the waves of the Red Sea, ; just as Satan is rousing and inspiring his fallen host of angels; but Milton continues to complicate the simile.
撒旦在這裡最初被比作風神獵戶，這是一個在紅海上呼風喚浪的古典形象，就像撒旦在他的天使隨從麪前充滿了威嚴;,但是彌爾頓接下來又使這個比喻複襍化了。
耶魯公開課 - 彌爾頓課程節(jié)選

They may become vexed with people trying to get particular part of their life made easier.
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A vexed problem or question is very difficult and causes people a lot of trouble.
&rarrsee also vex