nosy

英 [ˈnəʊzi]

美 [ˈnoʊzi]

adj.  好管闲事的; 爱打听的

BNC.26568 / COCA.20011

牛津词典

adj.

• 好管闲事的；爱打听的
  too interested in things that do not concern you, especially other people's affairs
  1. nosy neighbours
     好管闲事的邻居
  2. Don't be so nosy─it's none of your business.
     别管那么多闲事——这与你无关。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 爱管闲事的;喜欢打听的;八卦的
  If you describe someone asnosy, you mean that they are interested in things which do not concern them.
  1. He was having to whisper in order to avoid being overheard by their nosy neighbours...
     他不得不小声说，免得被爱管闲事的邻居们听到。
  2. I agree that the press is often too nosy about a candidate's personal history.
     的确，媒体常常过分关注候选人的个人经历。

英英释义

adj

• offensively curious or inquisitive
  1. curious about the neighbor's doings
  2. he flipped through my letters in his nosy way
  3. prying eyes
  4. the snoopy neighbor watched us all day
  Synonym:noseypryingsnoopy

双语例句

• He was having to whisper in order to avoid being overheard by their nosy neighbours
  他不得不小声说，免得被爱管闲事的邻居们听到。
• To make a long story short, he's very nosy.
  长话短说，他太好管闲事了。
• I try to respect people's privacy unless I have to be nosy.
  不到万不得已我才会去管点闲事，一般我还是很尊重他人的隐私的。
• And like most nosy neighbors.
  和其他八卦的邻居一样。
• You're a very nosy girl, Kitty cat.
  真是个爱管闲事的姑娘啊，小猫咪。
• Being a nosy person, she wants to know everything about everything.
  她是一位好管闲事的人，她要知道所有一切的一切。
• No nosy neighbours straining their ears* then complaining.
  没有喧闹的邻居，竖着耳朵，整天抱怨。
• Don't be nosy about their private life, their incomes and expenditure, or their ages.
  不要打听他们的私生活，他们的收入和消费或他们的年龄。
• This is gonna be uncomfortable enough without all you nosy sods listening in.
  少了你们当听众是够不舒服的。
• I'm not nosy. I just saw the name.
  才不是，我只是看这名字很怪。