adj. 烦人的，使人恼火的；有刺激性的，引发疼痛的
v. 使不耐烦，激怒；刺激（身体某部位），使疼痛；使（生物体、细胞或器官）兴奋（irritate 的现在分词形式）
词根：irritate
adj.
irritated 恼怒的，生气的
irritant 刺激的；刺激性的
irritative 刺激的；刺激性的；使发怒的
n.
irritation 刺激；刺激物；激怒；兴奋
irritant [医] 刺激物，[医] 刺激剂
v.
irritated 激怒；使…无效；使…兴奋（irritate的过去分词）
vi.
irritate 引起恼怒，引起不愉快
vt.
irritate 刺激，使兴奋；激怒
1.He has the irritating habit of biting his nails.
他有咬指甲的讨厌习惯。
2.The uber-filler "like" is deemed the most irritating by 28%.
28%的人认为超级填白词“好像”是最令人恼火的。
3.I am suggesting that she could be rather irritating.
我的意思是说她有时挺招人烦的。
4.They are simply too irritating.
他们只是太气人了。
5.Irritating China is not necessarily a good thing.
惹火了中国未必是件好事情。
6.The tax gap was big enough to be irritating, but not to be terrifying.
税务缺口大的足以使人愤怒，却还达不到使人惊吓的地步。
7.It's pretty irritating having to fight all that holiday traffic just to get out of town for a couple of days.
为了出城呆几天，就得应对假期的交通状况，这实在是太烦人了。