pestered

英 [ˈpestəd]

美 [ˈpestərd]

v.  打扰; 纠缠; 烦扰
pester的过去分词和过去式

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

• troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
  1. harassed working mothers
  2. a harried expression
  3. her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions
  4. the vexed parents of an unruly teenager
  Synonym:annoyedharassedharriedvexed

双语例句

• The beggars pestered the tourists for money.
  乞丐们纠缠游客要钱。
• The horses in the meadow were being pestered by flies.
  牧场上的马不断受马蝇滋扰。
• For I was pestered with mosquitoes all night.
  蚊子骚扰了我一夜。
• We ignored him, so he went to our supervisor and pestered her.
  我们都没理他，后来他又跑过来一直缠着我们老师。
• The light changed and they drove on, but Hannah was too young to be reasonable. She pestered her parents about inequity, insisting that she wanted to do something.
  红灯变绿了，他们继续上路，但小汉娜还是不懂事的缠着父母，她觉得这件事很不公平，并坚持要为那个可怜的人做些什么。
• Most grown men and women are pestered by their families to return home before sundown-the unspoken civil curfew.
  因为那个虽没有公开宣布，但实际存在的宵禁，大多数成年男女都被家里人再三叮嘱要在日落前回家。
• The reporter pestered on, My question is, Are you happy? The old man answered, My hearing is not good.
  记者坚持问，老人回答：我的耳朵不好。
• Beggars pestered him for money.
  乞丐缠着向他讨钱。
• She coaxed and pestered her father until she got his consent.
  她软磨硬泡，终于让父亲点了头。
• They pestered us for money.
  他们缠住我们要钱。