anger

Compared meaning: the feeling of being angry (noun).

比较义项：愤怒的情绪（名词）。

• anger 本词

  A general, neutral word for the feeling, ranging from mild displeasure to strong anger; it can be controlled, hidden, or expressed calmly. Common in phrases like control anger, hide anger, feel anger.

  比rage更常见、更中性，程度从轻微不悦到强烈愤怒都可以指称，且这种情绪可以被控制、隐藏或平静地表达出来；常见搭配有control anger、hide anger、feel anger等。

  He tried to hide his anger and answered politely.

  他努力隐藏自己的愤怒，礼貌地回答了对方。

• rage

  Stronger and more dramatic than anger, suggesting violent, almost uncontrolled fury that shows in shouting or action; common in the fixed phrase fly into a rage or in a rage.

  比anger更强烈、更具戏剧性，指几乎失控的狂怒，常伴随喊叫或激烈行为，语气更夸张；常出现在fly into a rage、in a rage这类固定搭配中。

  She flew into a rage when she saw the broken vase.

  她看到花瓶被打碎时勃然大怒。

Anger and rage both name the feeling of being angry. Anger is general and neutral, from mild to strong anger. Rage is stronger and more dramatic, meaning violent, almost uncontrolled fury, as in 'fly into a rage'. Rage's verb use is not compared.

这两个词都表示“愤怒”这种情绪，但程度和语气不同：anger 泛指从轻微不悦到强烈愤怒的情绪，语气中性，可以被控制、隐藏或平静地表达；rage 则指更强烈、几乎失控的狂怒，常伴随喊叫或激烈行为，语气更夸张，常见于fly into a rage、in a rage这类固定搭配。这里不比较rage作动词表示“肆虐、发怒”（如the storm raged）的用法。