pestering

英 [ˈpestərɪŋ]

美 [ˈpestərɪŋ]

v.  打扰; 纠缠; 烦扰
pester的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 不断打扰；纠缠；烦扰
  If you say that someoneis pesteringyou, you mean that they keep asking you to do something, or keep talking to you, and you find this annoying.
  1. I thought she'd stop pestering me, but it only seemed to make her worse...
     我原以为她会停止纠缠我，但结果她似乎是变本加厉了。
  2. I know he gets fed up with people pestering him for money.
     我知道他烦透了那些缠着他要钱的人。
  3. ...that creep who's been pestering you to go out with him.
     那个一直缠着要约你出去的讨厌家伙

英英释义

adj

• causing irritation or annoyance
  1. tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
  2. aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
  3. found it galling to have to ask permission
  4. an irritating delay
  5. nettlesome paperwork
  6. a pesky mosquito
  7. swarms of pestering gnats
  8. a plaguey newfangled safety catch
  9. a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
  10. a vexatious child
  11. it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
  Synonym:annoyingbothersomegallingirritatingnettlesomepeskypestiferousplaguyplagueyteasingvexatiousvexing

双语例句

• The little girl has been pestering her parents to take her to the funfair.
  小女孩一直缠着她的父母带她去游乐场。
• Why do not the police go and chase a few burglars instead of pestering law-abiding citizens about their car tax and dog licence.
  为什么警察不去抓几个盗贼，而老是在汽车税和养狗执照上与守法的公民们纠缠不休呢。
• I'm very thankful that our building doesn't allow them, because the Big Girl would constantly be pestering me about it, if not.
  我所住的地方不允许养宠物。这让我非常感激。因为不然的话“大闺女”总会要不断为此事缠着我。
• He's been pestering me for a date all week.
  他整个星期一直缠着我要跟我约会。
• He told the photographers to stop pestering him.
  他告诉照相的人别再缠着他。
• He took this value stuff very seriously! After much pestering he finally hired me.
  他对价值看得非常严重！经我不断地恳求，他最后答应雇我。
• My son has been pestering me to take him with me.
  我儿子一直缠住我要我带他一起走。
• Such a pestering guy. I already said that this is not possessable!
  真是纠缠不休的家伙我说过并不持有嘛！
• I thought she'd stop pestering me, but it only seemed to make her worse
  我原以为她会停止纠缠我，但结果她似乎是变本加厉了。
• Of investment bankers, he says disdainfully: Since they lost all their clients 'money, they have been pestering me to give them mine.
  谈及投资银行家，他轻蔑地说：自打把客户所有的钱都赔光后，他们就一直缠着我把钱给他们管理。