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

• This question about money is quite common, even though it is considered rude and nosy to ask.
  尽管这个问题问的很粗鲁无礼、爱管闲事，但是这种关于钱的问题是很常见的。
• You're a very nosy girl, Kitty cat.
  真是个爱管闲事的姑娘啊，小猫咪。
• To make a long story short, he's very nosy.
  长话短说，他太好管闲事了。
• I'm not one of those nosy landladies.
  我不是那些爱打听的房东。
• When you ask for the caller's identity., you don't want to sound rude or nosy.
  当你在问道来电者身分时，你的口气确不应该听起来太粗鲁或是东问西问的。
• 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。
• He is nosy about my business.
  他爱探听我的事。
• I ran into a nosy cop in the men's room.
  我在洗手间遇到了一个好管闲事的警察。
• And if they can do it, why couldn't your nosy neighbor?
  如果他们能这麽做，你那好管闲事的邻居又何尝不可？
• No nosy neighbours straining their ears* then complaining.
  没有喧闹的邻居，竖着耳朵，整天抱怨。