[with obj.]feel bitterness or indignation at (a circumstance, action, or person) 对…怀恨,怨恨 she resented the fact that I had children. 她因为我有孩子而心存怨恨。
语源
late 16th cent.: from obsolete French resentir, from re- (expressing intensive force) + sentir feel (from Latin sentire). The early sense was 'experience (an emotion or sensation)', later 'feel deeply', giving rise to 'feel aggrieved by'